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Vigilante hacker burns hundreds of BTC held in wallets used by Russian intelligence

By Assad Jafri at 2026-05-03 06:54

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A vigilante hacker burned roughly $300,000 worth of Bitcoin found in almost a thousand addresses allegedly linked to Russian intelligence agencies through the OP_RETURN function in 2022, according to Chainalysis research. The anonymous vigilante reportedly found 986 unique Bitcoin addresses between March 2022 and April 2022 that they claimed were used by Russian security agencies. […] The post Vigilante hacker burns hundreds of BTC held in wallets used by Russian intelligence appeared first on CryptoSlate. Continue reading...

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