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Australian authorities deciphered a encrypted cryptocurrency wallet backup containing 9 million Australian dollars ($5.9 million).<\/p>\n
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett characterized<\/a> the achievement as \u201castounding work\u201d during a Wednesday address, attributing the success to a data scientist who has gained recognition within the agency as a \u201ccrypto safecracker.\u201d<\/p>\n During the inquiry into a supposed \u201cwell-connected alleged offender\u201d who amassed cryptocurrency by marketing \u201ca tech-type product to purported criminals,\u201d the AFP discovered password-protected notes on his smartphone. Upon closer inspection, law enforcement also uncovered an image featuring random numerals and terms, Barrett stated.<\/p>\n Barrett indicated that the numbers were categorized into six groups with over 50 permutations, and the AFP digital forensics team \u201cascertained it might be associated with a crypto wallet.\u201d The suspect reportedly declined to surrender the keys to his cryptocurrency wallet, an act that could lead to a 10-year sentence in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related: <\/strong><\/em>\u2018Pixnapping\u2019 Android assault could unveil crypto wallet seed phrases<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe understood that if we were unable to access the crypto wallet, and if the alleged perpetrator was convicted, upon their release, he would exit prison a multi-millionaire, purely from the gains of organized crime,\u201d Barrett remarked. \u201cFor our team members, that was not an acceptable conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n One of AFP\u2019s data specialists noticed that the alleged criminal \u201cattempted to formulate a crypto distraction in how the numbers were arranged.\u201d To decode the 24-word seed phrase<\/a>, he had to eliminate the initial numeral from each series.<\/p>\nMethod of code decryption<\/h2>\n