The Hackers Who Stole $523,000,000 and Escaped(for now)

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  • @Manuela-KarinKnaut
    @Manuela-KarinKnaut День тому +201

    One of the all-time greatest *Scam alert* vids! You, Sir, are not just a National Treasure, you're an INTERNATIONAL Treasure! The whole law-abiding world should be trying to find a way to get in touch with you just to send you a little donation and say thank you for working so hard at watching out for our interests. *Cryptic webster* I hope you enjoy putting your recovery’s work together as much as most of us enjoy watching you do it. Thanks man.

  • @Virginiaannejoyce
    @Virginiaannejoyce День тому +197

    Feel So Bad For All The Elderly Folks That Have This Crap Done To Them By These Spineless Chumps! The Damn Thought Of All The People This Happens To Everyday Just Sickens Me Horribly! Keep On Doing What Your Doing *Cryptic Webster* ! You Deserve Some Sort Of A Huge Reward From The Government For Doing This At The Very Very Last

  • @Fletcher_br0wn
    @Fletcher_br0wn День тому +184

    Yeh I got done out of $30,000 Usdt by scammers. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia denied any
    and all responsibility. Love seeing the scammers
    run scared. *Cryptic webster* Keep it up.

  • @Carolinejorden
    @Carolinejorden День тому +197

    The art and heritage represent in this help is beautiful, *Cryptic Webster* inspiring and has represented and co in a way I can't find words to express it. I haven't seen this kind of art in our community in my lifetime. Yet another historical move of the money recovery. Just another reminder of what vou're made of and can do when you work hard, embrace one another and don't forget who you are on the internet!

  • @Donald.Colley54
    @Donald.Colley54 День тому +111

    You’re great. Seriously. You’re super likable at the same time. The FBI should seriously hire you right now based off of these videos. You’re a true patriot, sir. Thank you *Cryptic Webster* for all you do please don’t stop. You’re so important to this country people like you. You’re putting fear into literal countries. On a funny note; your characters are legendary at this point

  • @ShatteredWindowpane
    @ShatteredWindowpane 7 місяців тому +388

    Kira I encourage you to make another video on this topic and go deeper into the aspects that you deemed to be too much for this video. Your research on this is great work and could reopen the discussion on this along with this video

    • @SpectralizerYT
      @SpectralizerYT 7 місяців тому +17

      No need, it was a foreign Government, that's why it is a dead topic.

    • @RichardBaran
      @RichardBaran 7 місяців тому +10

      Pretty sure he meant he didn't have the legal authority to look into it further because he'd need to see the books of the exchanges

    • @JaronPalone
      @JaronPalone 7 місяців тому +5

      @@RichardBaranI thought he was saying it’s way too much work just for a UA-cam video straight up. Like it would take waaaaay too much time

    • @EctoKoolJoe42069
      @EctoKoolJoe42069 7 місяців тому

      SO much better an idea than jumping on the bandwagon of attacking LTT and talking about the downfall when a week later they’re worth more than ever 😂.. that was a bad time in Kira’s channel. It was sad. This is the stuff he should go after…

    • @EctoKoolJoe42069
      @EctoKoolJoe42069 7 місяців тому +1

      @@SpectralizerYTso obvious it’s sad people can’t figure this out 😂😅

  • @zh84
    @zh84 7 місяців тому +142

    Particularly excellent graphics on this one. Obviously a lot of work has gone into this. Well done!

    • @BrulentUgurlu
      @BrulentUgurlu 4 дні тому

      *hackerviper50* *Your supervision over the years has really helped me improve my time management skills..*

  • @oldie.no.79
    @oldie.no.79 7 місяців тому +400

    They have friends in high places, or they themselves reside in high places. No one forgot - it was covered up

    • @drippyd8131
      @drippyd8131 7 місяців тому

      Yea and it's clear as day that it was a cover up. Clearly bitcoin founder is working with them to launder the money thru bitcoin therefore raising the price, the reason they don't seize bitcoin is because it's "clean" money but clearly its dirty money and the term "clean" is just used to cover up the scheme.

    • @Rpgreat
      @Rpgreat 5 місяців тому +22

      That is basically always the case. "For some reason they dropped the case and settled out of court" is the standard resolution if the case is so public that people dont let it go.

    • @TheHighborn
      @TheHighborn 3 місяці тому

      Or it was a government entity doing it.

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 2 місяці тому +6

      It was a state sanctioned hacker 😅

    • @RB-wu4us
      @RB-wu4us 2 місяці тому

      Exactly

  • @Alex-ms9em
    @Alex-ms9em 7 місяців тому +920

    Thank god, I just sat down with food

    • @Rachel_M_
      @Rachel_M_ 7 місяців тому +23

      What did you have? I'm making chicken madras tonight 😋

    • @dull1312
      @dull1312 7 місяців тому +18

      Same lol just went on my lunch break

    • @vibewithryan
      @vibewithryan 7 місяців тому +5

      I made some pasta 🍝

    • @TheIgnitionCollective
      @TheIgnitionCollective 7 місяців тому +12

      I made food while watching this lmao. Kira makes perfect video essays for chilling

    • @MajesticLawnGnome
      @MajesticLawnGnome 7 місяців тому

      @@dull1312 Hey you are making me hungry lol

  • @smugshrug
    @smugshrug 7 місяців тому +611

    someday, someone will brag about it to the wrong person. that's how they'll get caught.

    • @EctoKoolJoe42069
      @EctoKoolJoe42069 7 місяців тому +47

      No, they won’t. They’ll get away with it because what went down is different than you think…

    • @lacedpill
      @lacedpill 7 місяців тому

      are u mentally 10 yrs old

    • @arkarosh7043
      @arkarosh7043 7 місяців тому +26

      Looking at this I don't think that will happen :D
      It feels like it is much deeper than a lot of people can even imagine, otherwise they would have been found already ;)

    • @FloridaMeng
      @FloridaMeng 7 місяців тому +10

      Lmfao imagine bragging about a crime. That's so misdemeanor 💅

    • @DavidWood-r8k
      @DavidWood-r8k 6 місяців тому +5

      That is how 80% of the mafia got cough they would have a few drinks & start talking in a room with outsiders around them
      It's human nature to want to talk about what we accomplish

  • @williamwakefield1017
    @williamwakefield1017 7 місяців тому +271

    the fact the hackers weren't caught without even trying to use tornado cash makes me think its some kind of CIA op where they're above the law

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 7 місяців тому +39

      Not even.
      Just let it run through systems sitting in a country where data protection exists and you're done if you don't constantly access it for prolonged periods of times - getting the rights to actually see the logs takes longer than the logs are even allowed to be saved.

    • @gftftt8463
      @gftftt8463 7 місяців тому +6

      Same here. Gov job

    • @eiervonsatan1679
      @eiervonsatan1679 7 місяців тому +3

      Send all money to different exchanges
      Use the funds and scripts to move the markets for lower cap alt coins while you either short or long it on different unrelated account funded by other means. You might not ever get near the whole pie but I’m sure you could have fun

    • @hendrixjoe555
      @hendrixjoe555 7 місяців тому

      If the FBI isn't after you for fraud or money laundering you have a 99% chance of not being caught; this makes sense cause it was a Japanese company and 💰.😂

    • @DoNotTrustTrusts
      @DoNotTrustTrusts 7 місяців тому +15

      Finally a reasonable answer here. You can’t do this without government backing. Can’t be done.
      That’s the answer. That’s why the top ponies haven’t been corralled.

  • @laineys_song
    @laineys_song 14 днів тому +513

    Hey, I want to start investing but don't know where to begin. Any advice or contacts for help?

    • @Julio-c5t1h
      @Julio-c5t1h 14 днів тому

      It's wise to seek professional guidance when building a strong financial portfolio due to its complexity.

    • @XdssGggy
      @XdssGggy 14 днів тому

      Investing $15,000 and received $174,000

    • @genarog-g9k
      @genarog-g9k 14 днів тому

      YES!!! That's exactly her name (Mrs Anna) so many people have
      recommended highly about her and am
      just starting with her 😊 from United States

    • @JavierZanettiHernandez
      @JavierZanettiHernandez 14 днів тому

      Please who is this Mrs Anna
      This sounds so good andI would like to
      be a party to this, is there any wayl can
      speak with her?

    • @genarog-g9k
      @genarog-g9k 14 днів тому

      Yeah get connected to mr Liam , here is he’s line👎🏻🎉❤️

  • @EienRozen
    @EienRozen 7 місяців тому +140

    What if the goal was never to cash out the bitcoin, but instead make it seem like it was being laundered, and the reason it's sitting spread out across multiple exhanges is for the purpose of market manipulation? With amounts that large, you would be able to pump any coin you wanted, if you didn't care about losses on the accounts with stolen coins. Not to mention the tag alongs would end up holding some of the bags, thinking they were trading legitimate price action. You could coordinate to trade in the same coin pairs, and with outside crypto and clean wallets move the value without a direct link to the dirty coins. Just food for thought.

    • @Jakkaribik1
      @Jakkaribik1 7 місяців тому +4

      Only thing is to get more people in Crypto so the 600 Million seem small

    • @Scorch428
      @Scorch428 6 місяців тому +2

      not enough

    • @Jakkaribik1
      @Jakkaribik1 6 місяців тому

      @@Scorch428 True it is never enough when A big Company has multiple Thousand more Bitcoins per Month or any other Stock they sell and buy with great influence.

    • @Jakkaribik1
      @Jakkaribik1 5 місяців тому

      I do not Crypto ever for the Last Years I do not Plan to do it Stocks are better and stay for the most Part Crypto can be Replaced and people jump to the next hype coin. A Real Company will not parish in the Next Day

    • @johnwinner8511
      @johnwinner8511 4 місяці тому +2

      The way I lose passwords crypto would drive me crazy. Even though it has huge growth potential.😂😂😂

  • @anonony9081
    @anonony9081 7 місяців тому +75

    It's interesting that despite the many examples of people losing Bitcoin through their own stupidity the amount of Bitcoin stolen through hacks is significantly higher than all of the Bitcoin lost due to ignorance and mistakes with self-custody. Self-custody is always the answer, not your keys not your coins

    • @fakenamerealchungus9851
      @fakenamerealchungus9851 7 місяців тому +31

      Not investing in virtual chuck e cheese tokens is a better answer

    • @nonna_sof5889
      @nonna_sof5889 7 місяців тому

      @@fakenamerealchungus9851Gambling*

    • @steve7814
      @steve7814 7 місяців тому +13

      I whole heartedly agree bitcoin and crypto is faith based currency. But i must contend that paper money is also a faith based currency.

    • @gilded_lady
      @gilded_lady 7 місяців тому

      ​@@steve7814the difference is our fiat currency is the backbone of the global economy for a variety of reasons. Crypto doesn't have .01% of the same faith in it.

    • @adrt478
      @adrt478 7 місяців тому

      bitcoin isn't a faith based currency, its based on the blockchain & on code, code is law nobody can print bitcoin & nobody can change his value / hide transactions to the public, there is no "central bank" that can freeze your funds...@@steve7814

  • @PinchyTheKittyGirl
    @PinchyTheKittyGirl 7 місяців тому +70

    I like that Kira tries to solve crimes without his Deathnote.

    • @BrulentUgurlu
      @BrulentUgurlu 4 дні тому

      *hackerviper50* *Your supervision over the years has really helped me improve my time management skills..*

  • @rajibchowdhury1618
    @rajibchowdhury1618 22 дні тому +42

    My office is in Salt Lake, Sec V, Kolkata..we've got several companies in the same building, last week we've received a message from the facility manager asking us to report any illegal activities related to online scam and this one was from local cyber crime cell. Thanks *Strong widget on the internet.* This thing is happening for real. Keep up with your good work.

    • @BrulentUgurlu
      @BrulentUgurlu 4 дні тому

      *hackerviper50* *Your supervision over the years has really helped me improve my time management skills..*

  • @dougray30
    @dougray30 7 місяців тому +405

    I don't NEED to remember, I have Kira to educate me.

    • @vanesslifeygo
      @vanesslifeygo 7 місяців тому +4

      lol

    • @EctoKoolJoe42069
      @EctoKoolJoe42069 7 місяців тому +2

      He just reports on things 5 years after they happen 😂

    • @Mikesb-v3y
      @Mikesb-v3y 7 місяців тому +2

      Facts

    • @DakotaZ162
      @DakotaZ162 7 місяців тому +4

      You should still remember, sad fact is people's ability to retain information is incredibly low now due to people just remembering the title of the video they watched or what they goggled to find the article the read or watched rather than remembering what they actually "learned" lol

    • @erictroxell715
      @erictroxell715 6 місяців тому +1

      I just feel OLD.... Lol at 57..I'm clueless but honest.

  • @KiuhKobold
    @KiuhKobold 7 місяців тому +205

    Friends of mine went from good people to NFT shillers, to AI techbros, and now these shitcoins are here again. Safe to say, they aren't my friends anymore.

    • @steve7814
      @steve7814 7 місяців тому +29

      Many condolences. I personally find solace in that what you describe is but another iteration of friends lost to conspiracism, religiosity, or political extremes. With the constant being, friends we once knew are now consumed by their fettered belief that they KNOW the answer.

    • @pacsmile
      @pacsmile 7 місяців тому

      yeah, sounds like your "friend" will be better off without an envious person like you in its life

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 7 місяців тому +1

      😮

    • @martymcfly88mph35
      @martymcfly88mph35 7 місяців тому +18

      Should've listened and bought BTC

    • @Wastingsometimehere
      @Wastingsometimehere 7 місяців тому +2

      It's a religion. No gods, but the promise of paradise.

  • @Stratxgy.
    @Stratxgy. 7 місяців тому +12

    Amazing video, and I love the editing style!

  • @KevinSmithJacob-1617haja
    @KevinSmithJacob-1617haja 22 дні тому +35

    Hey bud, I just wanted you to know that everything you do is necessary and thank you so much for what you do. It's more than just a recovery service, you're helping people. You're actually the push for me to get my degree in Information Technology so that I can protect people from heartless people like this.
    Thank you for all you do *Strong widget on the internet,* you're a genius with a big heart and principles. Support and Respect from Britain 👍🏻🇬🇧 🇺🇸.

  • @FlyingGreenTea
    @FlyingGreenTea 7 місяців тому +6

    Dang it! I just found your channel and I'm glad I did. Love every bit of it! Thank you!

  • @lifeofrjh
    @lifeofrjh 7 місяців тому +11

    The digital jenga and cluedo is mind boggling. Hacking is really no joke and to think it is possible to get away with it for so long. Magicians at their craft.

  • @danieltoennies176
    @danieltoennies176 22 дні тому +40

    Your content is awesome, and seeing someone who has 10.4k customers, and do something good for people who has less, makes *STRONG WIDGET* just feel so happy in side. I am glad someone like you could do something so kind for people who don't have as much.

    • @BrulentUgurlu
      @BrulentUgurlu 4 дні тому

      *hackerviper50* *Your supervision over the years has really helped me improve my time management skills..*

  • @mcghost2057
    @mcghost2057 7 місяців тому +5

    Please do more of these Kira your level researcher and the depth you go into on your videos and how you present your findings are truly incredible. Massive respect for all your effort bro

  • @calistabenson5138
    @calistabenson5138 22 дні тому +29

    This *Strong widget* on the internet is stuck in my brain and it is very beautiful. I listen to their advice every day. It is one of my favorite recovery agent and I loved it very much. Thank you to those who performed it. Long live, especially from Iraq. 🗿💖

  • @victorpeace8187
    @victorpeace8187 22 дні тому +50

    My mom was scammed. She sent $50000 cash. Fortunately she called you right after dropping the package off at UPS and you was able to retrieve it after it left the bill. These people are the lowest of the low, what you and your team is doing is a real blessing. THANK YOU *STRONG WIDGET* !
    P.S. my mom's had several scam calls since, but now she enjoys playing with them....hoping she'll get more calls. Maybe she'll join you someday in the People's Center...

    • @BrulentUgurlu
      @BrulentUgurlu 4 дні тому

      *hackerviper50* *Your supervision over the years has really helped me improve my time management skills..*

    • @Connor-b3b
      @Connor-b3b День тому

      ​@@BrulentUgurluanother dumb scammer

  • @fannyjacob8535
    @fannyjacob8535 22 дні тому +38

    The dude is just not fakeing . The finishes of the goals. Beautiful. Magisterial. Love you *Strong widget.!* 🙏🏼 Whoever's reading this, I pray that whatever your going through gets better and whatever your struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic recovery! Amen

  • @novelezra
    @novelezra 7 місяців тому +23

    What makes this amazing is that in Japanese business you are expected to apologize publicly (a volunteer embarrassment) and you would never see any other crypto exchange do this.

    • @88heiling
      @88heiling 7 місяців тому

      It’s not embarrassing, it’s part of their culture.

    • @novelezra
      @novelezra 7 місяців тому +12

      @@88heiling Yes? It's very much part of their culture. But it's still embarrassing, that's the point of a public apology.

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 2 місяці тому +2

      Meanwhile jews like sam bankman scamed then made tiktoks dancing

  • @puroparafx
    @puroparafx 7 місяців тому +31

    They’re waiting for 7 years to pass for the statute of limitations in Japan.

    • @Theodor_Bockemuehl
      @Theodor_Bockemuehl 7 місяців тому +20

      30 years because 7 is only for minor crimes not serious ones.

  • @kpgamer-ym9uu
    @kpgamer-ym9uu 4 місяці тому

    The efficiency of this *sentinel Recover* is next level. To juggle walk throughs of various angles on the topic delivered to-camera, differnet content per topic from various folks underneath the umbrella of the track list of the larger big band concert itself is engaging and refined. To make a dense taccess like this so digestible is really something. Awesome work *sentinel Recover* !!

  • @Slugbunny
    @Slugbunny 7 місяців тому +41

    My brain couldn't parse "five hundred million," thought it was "five hundred thousand." 💀

    • @Banexh
      @Banexh 7 місяців тому +2

      😭 I’m sayin, shi crazy tho cuz that’s hella money 😂

    • @Apple_Beshy
      @Apple_Beshy 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Banexhahh, some guy just lost 200 million in one day in investment, and oh btw he turn his 50k into 60 million in 3 years then after that, he turn that into $600 million in span of 1 week. - roaring kitty is the guy

    • @mikolots
      @mikolots 5 місяців тому +1

      Same here until I read this. WTF? That's half a billion!

    • @Apple_Beshy
      @Apple_Beshy 5 місяців тому +1

      Well tbf if they're not that desperate to withdraw all of their money, I must say they're already well off because they're not tempted to take it all, and also I bet they're someone big backing him/her/them up because to launder that so much money and not even a trace of it is really something else

  • @vilhjj
    @vilhjj 7 місяців тому +7

    If they sent it to an exchange they did it so they could transfer it to a new wallet without the public being able to follow it, and did it under a fake account / stolen ID

  • @Enkaziel
    @Enkaziel 6 місяців тому +2

    Kira, one thing you should consider is that those are not just transfers, they could be (and most likely are) payments sometimes.
    If you know where to look there are services that deal exclusively in coin, cutting out the government from the equation.
    Coin being one of the better ways to trade for services/products without having governments track ur activity (especially when it's less than legal) or taking their often ridiculously sizable cut.

  • @SigurdVolsung
    @SigurdVolsung 7 місяців тому +6

    Dude this is a great bit of investigative content creation, well done!

  • @Emelie-h2m
    @Emelie-h2m 5 днів тому

    I am glad to see your efforts to reveal people like this online and educate folks.
    I have sent this Swing notch to all my global pals and urged them to pass it on. Thanks once more, please continue the good job. Thanks again.

  • @viktor5823
    @viktor5823 22 дні тому +38

    *Honestly, just owning it and not trying to hide it is partially why I watch you. It's the honorable thing to do and it make the rest of the jobs much more believe when you are call out of the spots like that, so thank you StrongWidget. I can't wait to tell my grandkids this was the greatest youtube Recovery agent of my time..*

  • @catalinloghin6499
    @catalinloghin6499 7 місяців тому +11

    As far as I can tell, looks like an inside job. One wallet, one coin, one malware, it almost sounds too easy.

    • @4nat053
      @4nat053 Місяць тому

      not one wallet but thousands lol and the fact these funds are still being moved around its almost like they are trying to recover all lost funds using the stolen funds and with time everyone will forget and boom cashout big time

  • @aminuhamza8699
    @aminuhamza8699 22 дні тому +31

    Honestly *Strongwidget* having you is sincerely comforting and the consistency of you being here to come back to over the years means so much to me and l'm sure a lot of others as well. I think a lot of us are just happy to see that you are happy, I mean seeing us living our dream is super inspiring and warms my heart in a way not a lot of other things can💕

  • @NeostormXLMAX
    @NeostormXLMAX 2 місяці тому +2

    That hacker was genius with his refuge in audacity tactic or outright asking to exchange money

  • @traveller2378
    @traveller2378 7 місяців тому +6

    it would be interesting to see a video that does go down that other road - The one that would turn this video into something "different entirely." Anyway, excellent work.

  • @oyayemayafaro7307
    @oyayemayafaro7307 7 місяців тому +12

    That line about Shakira and the transactions... my high ass is dyyying😂😂😂😂

    • @42words
      @42words 7 місяців тому +2

      ShaKiraTV

  • @vibewithryan
    @vibewithryan 7 місяців тому +7

    Very fascinating stuff. Great video and love the visuals!

  • @xtremefurrycat
    @xtremefurrycat 7 місяців тому +7

    I wonder how many accounts or wallets are out there are just dead wallets. Just wallets that are lost to people or forgotten about even if someone is no longer around to gain access to that wallet. Then the money just sits with no one able to get it or cash it out.

    • @Sudegink
      @Sudegink 6 місяців тому

      Just from my own experience I can assure you that there's big % of BTC that is gone for good. I was mining BTC on my gaming pc the very first months of its creation, just for the sake of novelty. So did my friends who found out about it. Back in a day you could mine hundreds if not thousands of BTC a day... But at that point there was no real value anyone could perceive in it. The only thing you could buy with it was drugs on Tor network. But even that was sketchy af, because we were young and even if we wanted to try ordering something it was too scary to even attempt such thing being delivered to your address so, I stopped mining. I bet that my wallet alone would account for a small percentage of all of the BTC market. Unfortunately, that wallet could never be recovered.

  • @LUKEBEASLEY-y7w
    @LUKEBEASLEY-y7w 6 днів тому +3

    I'm setting here in Canada with tears in my eyes from thanking so hard.. this is brilliant on so many levels. THANKS YOU MR Swingnotch on the Internet.. if you never caused a scammer to have a heart attack or burst aneurysm, this one hundred k recovery for sure came pretty close.. keep it up, please...

  • @wardyorgason
    @wardyorgason 7 місяців тому +18

    "much like shakira's hips, the blockchain does not lie"

  • @mayor-o1w
    @mayor-o1w Місяць тому +54

    Thank you for recommending Sarah Jennine Davis on one of your videos. I reached out to her and investing with her has been amazing.

    • @soeun2687
      @soeun2687 Місяць тому

      Wow, congratulations on your impressive investment success! Your discipline and focus on delayed gratification is truly inspiring. I'm curious, what are some of the key factors that you consider when making investment decisions? Do you have any tips for those of us who are just starting to dip our toes into the world of investing? Thanks for sharing your story!

    • @Amelia-i6b9m
      @Amelia-i6b9m Місяць тому

      Do you mind sharing info on the adviser who
      assisted you? I'm 39 now and would love to
      grow my portfolio and plan my retirement

    • @mayor-o1w
      @mayor-o1w Місяць тому

      @@Amelia-i6b9m She's Sarah Jennine Davis

    • @mayor-o1w
      @mayor-o1w Місяць тому

      +156

    • @mayor-o1w
      @mayor-o1w Місяць тому

      1759

  • @MetalcoreOverAnything
    @MetalcoreOverAnything 7 місяців тому +61

    7:30 "much like shakira's hips" LMFAOOOO

    • @Otakumanu
      @Otakumanu 7 місяців тому +2

      It's always funny despite he making that joke a lot.

  • @naNa-s4c4w
    @naNa-s4c4w 5 днів тому +1

    have never seen a Man so genuine as this gentleman,, Swingnotch
    he's really a man of his worlds!!!

  • @Timpon_Dorz
    @Timpon_Dorz 7 місяців тому +208

    Hey, remember the guy buying 2 large pizzas with bitcoins?
    10,000 BTC... Let that sink in...

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 7 місяців тому +30

      Yeah, back when it was worth absolutely nothing and 10k bitcoin could be mined in 3 1/2 days.
      That's nothing but a win win for both sides - the guy got pizza for something that was worth nothing and what he got back instantly and the guy who sold it to him got rich as well for finding it a fun idea (if he kept it for long enough).
      Let that part sink in.

    • @Timpon_Dorz
      @Timpon_Dorz 7 місяців тому +8

      @@Unknown_Genius I'll bet you any amount of the money they did not hold the BTC... Otherwise you'd hear about it.

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 7 місяців тому +5

      @@Timpon_Dorz Nah, you'd not hear about it, if they sold it during the first hype they'd just be one of those that made millions over night.

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 7 місяців тому

      Every time i think about it, i wanna rope. I couldve been free. My entire family couldve been free. We're only ever getting worse off. There is no escape. It was over before it even began. No, "beginning" was never a possibility in the first place.

    • @CokesAndTokes
      @CokesAndTokes 7 місяців тому +2

      Proof that Bitcoin is the best asset.

  • @KarmaHoax
    @KarmaHoax 7 місяців тому +26

    I just lost my job and to see those numbers gets to me. I would love to be able to filter some of that cash so i can provide food and shelter to my 2 and a half year old little girl.
    Most just sits there. But then again life aint like that. No matter what we find out way. No one will help you. It is up to you.
    Just like the ones that lost their life savings in this hack. Kira, your the man. Keep on pumpin' out the great content!

  • @PrizrakNO
    @PrizrakNO 7 місяців тому +55

    KiraTV poured boiling milk on my skull at E3 2023

    • @Bot-on-Tapwater
      @Bot-on-Tapwater 7 місяців тому +11

      That's a horrible thing to do to another person

    • @JohnDBlue
      @JohnDBlue 7 місяців тому

      Bet someone would pay for this to be done to them 🤔

    • @joshuafrimpong244
      @joshuafrimpong244 7 місяців тому +6

      bruh thats crazy

    • @canyonohara1764
      @canyonohara1764 7 місяців тому +11

      he can't keep getting away with this

    • @bobtime8269
      @bobtime8269 7 місяців тому +4

      Kira just keeps getting away with it!

  • @Anshul001game
    @Anshul001game 4 місяці тому

    The efficiency of this *TECH SAFE GUARDIAN* is next level. To juggle walk throughs of various angles on the topic delivered to-camera, different content per topic from various folks underneath the umbrella of the track list of the larger big band concert itself is engaging and refined. To make a dense access like this so digestible is really something. Awesome work james!!

  • @Khalith
    @Khalith 7 місяців тому +3

    Crypto videos! I missed these.

  • @Cornell-y3d
    @Cornell-y3d 5 днів тому +1

    TOKEN OF Swingnotch
    Well done, I'm glad you're out there fighting these bad people. We need to do everything we can to keep these scumbags from taking advantage of the old and the general public. Good for YOU!! Big up brother, you should get the Nobel Prize for keeping us safe.

  • @DeclanGaming323
    @DeclanGaming323 7 місяців тому +4

    Rumors say some exchanges themselves were involved in the hack 👀

  • @Kichijoten_Daiko
    @Kichijoten_Daiko Місяць тому +1

    i love the complexity of it :) that graph that move so mind blowing

  • @ski_ba
    @ski_ba 7 місяців тому +9

    If only I had just bought a few BTC when I was 18. Everyone thought it was a scam back then. I genuinely think that this is the worst decision ive ever made

    • @Jakkaribik1
      @Jakkaribik1 7 місяців тому +2

      Most Cryptos did go down.

  • @Usmc913
    @Usmc913 6 місяців тому +1

    I don't know what it is but I could listen to your videos all day.

    • @wm1573
      @wm1573 5 місяців тому

      He speaks normally unlike many other video essay personalities in UA-cam

  • @NoshikiYT
    @NoshikiYT 7 місяців тому +6

    Thanks Kira for educating us

  • @freddygnz9394
    @freddygnz9394 Місяць тому +1

    A well-crafted and insightful video that effectively conveys its message.

  • @isbestlizard
    @isbestlizard 7 місяців тому +137

    Any 'decentralised' currency that allows the project owners to blacklist or seize is not a decentralised currency, and is worthless to me. If you fuck up and lose $500 million by being an idiot, that's on you dude.

    • @alliu6562
      @alliu6562 7 місяців тому +20

      Exactly, it’s not decentralized at all. Not anymore, anyway.

    • @Watesoftheoasis
      @Watesoftheoasis 7 місяців тому +18

      Reasons why crypto is a joke

    • @FPVogel
      @FPVogel 7 місяців тому +11

      tbf there is a handful of cryptocurrencies that are truly decentralized and untrackable, if i was to steal a big amount of crypto i would exchange it for monero and then slowly sell those off.

    • @KS-PNW
      @KS-PNW 7 місяців тому +5

      To be fair it's not like they can flip a switch and seize it. You'd have to send it to an online wallet/exchange and even then only if the exchange cooperates with the freeze/seize request.

    • @deadlock_problem
      @deadlock_problem 7 місяців тому

      you do realize that those are off ramps and you have no idea what you are talking about, recovering hacks currency through forking of the chain is super super fucking hard and creates problems and most people won't be behind it and thus are fucked.

  • @lg6707
    @lg6707 7 місяців тому +7

    Bless you Kira keep doing what you're doing many of us mere mortals need reminders of what some people do to other people in the name of greed. A bit how people have robin hood syndrome and don't realize those costs always get passed down. Someone scams insurance or rob a shop and people think oh its the insurance company or underwriters that suffer. Nah man they increase premiums and make you and I non thieves cover their real and forecasted losses

  • @AJEETCHAUHAN-jy6kx
    @AJEETCHAUHAN-jy6kx 4 місяці тому +1

    Y’all should stop calling everything “the bare minimum” when it’s literally not. Respect is the bare minimum, actually going out of your way to comfort and have an open ear for someone isn’t. Doing something like this is truly very nice and a great thing of him to do. I hope shit gets better for you and I salute *sentinel Recover* for being mature when it’s needed!

  • @Vishaltyler
    @Vishaltyler 22 дні тому +34

    Hearing these people's voices over the phone so thrilled to be evil, almost giddy sounding, is utterly disgusting. Thank you *STRONGWIDGET* all you and your team does to shut them scammers down.

  • @cyberacademics
    @cyberacademics Місяць тому

    Maybe that’s the hackers goal is to launder the money slowly over the years instead of all within one year. That way if you keep having new addresses funneling money then it would get lost over time?
    This is a crazy story and great work!

  • @Texelion
    @Texelion 7 місяців тому +6

    What if the real goal was to make all those bitcoins unavailaible, thus making them even more rare and driving the price up ? Meanwhile the hackers make money with legal bitcoins on the other side. It's like hoarding a reserve of diamonds to make them artificially rarer and more expensive.
    That's how cryptos work, right ? I'm not an expert.

  • @loganskiwyse7823
    @loganskiwyse7823 6 місяців тому +1

    If your goal is to steal the money that is one thing, but if your goal is to take away someone else's access to the money they won.

  • @tobymarshall8142
    @tobymarshall8142 7 місяців тому +8

    One of your best videos so far. Nice one.

  • @garimahapur9018
    @garimahapur9018 4 місяці тому +1

    I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this. Because you're right. The worst thing that you can feel is hopelessness. And I hope that someone who is on the verge of losing hope finds *sentinel Recover* and realizes that as long as you're still alive and breathing, there's a chance, there's HOPE that the future is brighter then the present day.

  • @magpieeuc4846
    @magpieeuc4846 6 місяців тому +3

    What if they are waiting for the statute of limitations to run out, I checked and its only 15 years in Japan or 30 years if the crime is punishable by Life imprisonment. So in 9 more years they can freely spend the cash and who knows how much its going to be worth by then billions maybe, that kind of money has a lot of power attached to it

  • @Alex-ms9em
    @Alex-ms9em 7 місяців тому +58

    Never thought I’d hear a Shakira reference in a bitcoin video but here we are lmao

    • @Shmack_
      @Shmack_ 7 місяців тому +9

      Must be your first bitcoin video

    • @cheesesniper473
      @cheesesniper473 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Shmack_ This made me laugh a lot harder than it should have.

    • @bahamut256
      @bahamut256 7 місяців тому +2

      You know my dips don't lie (not law abiding)

    • @garystinten9339
      @garystinten9339 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Shmack_the meme is "first time?"

  • @abumikail4046
    @abumikail4046 7 місяців тому +1

    What an excellent story. Thank you so much 👍

  • @Jonathan-v7l6m
    @Jonathan-v7l6m 7 місяців тому +5

    The way this man is following btc is the way the government will too when they follow your moves

  • @khalidwalid5746
    @khalidwalid5746 7 місяців тому +1

    Glad to see Kira using the open distributed ledger for his investigation and believing everything he is seeing.
    Crypto is all suppose to be a scam though.
    Also, Tornado Cash did not tumble BTC (just an FYI). TORN is/was an ETH project that at best could tumble WBTC. So one would have to put the BTC in a virtual machine that would give WBTC, then you would have to tumble through TORN.
    Correct me if I am wrong.

  • @victoryrichards8064
    @victoryrichards8064 22 дні тому +32

    Honestly, he's an amazing person. He uses his time, moves and basically his life into helping people who are less fortunate. using an excellent money recovery model as well in making profits, he really is still doing it out of his own heart. you really are a saint *Strong Widget* and a Wonderful Wonderful Person. Love from England..

  • @viktorvegh7842
    @viktorvegh7842 7 місяців тому +3

    I cant believe that you are exchange with 500 mil worth of token in one normal wallet

  • @CiaraBrookei
    @CiaraBrookei 4 дні тому

    Honestly just owing it and not trying to hide it is partially why I watch you.. it's the honorable thing to do and it makes the rest of the jobs much more believe when you are call out of the spots like that..
    so thanks to *Swingnotch* . For the money back job !!!!!!

  • @kristenmosley2202
    @kristenmosley2202 6 днів тому +5

    Bitcoin has been rising for a while now and could fall further or close to rise again. The truth is that no one knows, I believe it's the right time to buy and also get a pro's assistant

    • @JamesOshea-n4b
      @JamesOshea-n4b 6 днів тому

      Thanks for the continued great videos, I would say more emphasis should be put on trading as it is much more profitable than holding. Mining was smooth for me as I was able to go up more than 6.2BTC when I started with 1.5BTC in just 5 weeks implementing Mining process. From Finacilal Source

    • @JamesOshea-n4b
      @JamesOshea-n4b 6 днів тому

      Amazing I went from $2712 to -$82381 using Finacilal Source trading strategies

    • @BabygirlKaashh
      @BabygirlKaashh 5 днів тому

      As an independent woman I started my first investment plan with just a $1000 and now earning weekly income of $4830 in cryptocurrency exchange with my personal broker.

    • @BabygirlKaashh
      @BabygirlKaashh 5 днів тому

      Amazing I went from $2712 to $82381 using Finacilal Source trading strategies. .

    • @BabygirlKaashh
      @BabygirlKaashh 5 днів тому

      I'm overwhelmed with the integrity efforts I got from Finacilal Source towards clearing my debts of $108k

  • @JonathanCarvey1
    @JonathanCarvey1 4 місяці тому +20

    I had problem comprehending trading in general. I tried watching other UA-cam trading channels, but they made the concepts more complicated. I was almost giving up until when i discovered content and explain everything in detail. The videos are easy to follow

    • @Mira-yeong
      @Mira-yeong 4 місяці тому

      I've been making a lot of looses trying to make profit trading. I thought trading on a demo account is just like trading the real market. Can anyone help me out or at least advise me on what to do?

    • @Jeffrey_Ambrose
      @Jeffrey_Ambrose 4 місяці тому

      Trading on a demo account can definitely feel similar to the real market, but there are some differences. It's important to remember that trading involves risks and it's normal to face looses sometimes. One piece of advice is to start small and gradually increase your investments as you gain more experience and confidence. It might also be helpful to seek guidance from experienced traders or do some research on different trading strategies.

    • @Martinezrodi
      @Martinezrodi 4 місяці тому

      I will advise you should stop trading on your own if you keep losing.

    • @Martinezrodi
      @Martinezrodi 4 місяці тому

      If you can, then get a professional to trade for you i think that way your assets are more secure

    • @Martinezrodi
      @Martinezrodi 4 місяці тому

      I'd recommend Annabelle Hartfield, her profit is great even when there's a dip

  • @SangitaparmarSBparmar
    @SangitaparmarSBparmar 4 місяці тому

    This channel is the sole exception where I haven't skipped the promo ads. Your finesse in effortlessly integrating promotional content within your videos is genuinely impressive. Sometimes, it takes a moment to recognize that you're endorsing anything; I commend *sentinel Recover* for your adept execution in this aspect

  • @BDB78
    @BDB78 4 місяці тому

    Just discovered this channel. Excellent content! Subbed.

  • @ugammichael2431
    @ugammichael2431 5 місяців тому +4

    #crackassetsupport - You've Done Amazing
    Work! Good for you that you're standing up to
    those thugs. We must take all necessary
    measures to protect the public, especially the
    elderly, from these scumbag con artists. Well
    deserved, my friend. For keeping us secure
    you should be awarded the Nobel Peace
    Prize, dude.

  • @BalrogSlayer666
    @BalrogSlayer666 7 місяців тому +1

    great video, love the visuals

  • @Theodor_Bockemuehl
    @Theodor_Bockemuehl 7 місяців тому +5

    In Japan serious crimes (murder etc.) expire after 30 years.. i believe thats their plan. To move the money 30 years and then cash out without consequences.

    • @kurexx3424
      @kurexx3424 Місяць тому +2

      Would be the smart thing to do, if they’re not old they could just wait out the 30 years then cash out with no consequences and live the rest of their life, set for life. With generational wealth that will be passed down, getting away with one of the greatest crypto hacks of all time

  • @cameronandriske2732
    @cameronandriske2732 2 місяці тому

    wow, nicely done mate
    love your work
    Thankyou :)

  • @TabuKat
    @TabuKat 7 місяців тому +5

    I just down understand it, do they keep moving the money in hopes that they will be able to later use the moves to obscure it? Are the thieves hoping for some new tech that facilitates this?

    • @LOCKBlT
      @LOCKBlT 7 місяців тому +3

      Yea basically

    • @c0lutch
      @c0lutch 7 місяців тому +6

      Depending on where they live, they could also be waiting for any statute of limitations to be reached. In the US, it’s a 5 year limit for grand larceny and for any cyber crime.

    • @bubba99009
      @bubba99009 7 місяців тому +6

      Yea I'm not sure why they didn't start using mixers as soon as they became popular to start to hide the trail a bit.

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 7 місяців тому

      @@bubba99009 honestly:
      probably not worth the risk.
      if you got that much money around and know that you can actually get away with it, why take the remaining risk to get it early? Even if you're working at McDonalds you can still live like that for a few years before moving into your new mansion.

    • @Jakkaribik1
      @Jakkaribik1 7 місяців тому +1

      Having Millions of Small accounts could give them the way to take out a smaller anmount like $20K every couple of days

  • @BypassAccount-hp6ft
    @BypassAccount-hp6ft 5 місяців тому

    Best videos to watch while doing homework or eating

  • @George_M_
    @George_M_ 7 місяців тому +16

    An unknown entity? So, North Korea then?

    • @KiraTV1
      @KiraTV1  7 місяців тому +14

      Nk has pretty obvious tells, they move the money and start converting it really quickly. This doesn't fit any nation state Hackers.

  • @MikeGaruccio
    @MikeGaruccio 7 місяців тому

    Possible explanation here is that it’s not the hackers sending coins to the exchanges - they could have done a lot more, lower profile, swaps for other assets, or leveraged defi marketplaces, or even done things like funding NFT projects that would have let the funds eventually land with someone who could plausibly claim they didn’t know the funds were stolen, nor the actual identity of who provided them,and weren’t under any obligation to do the research required to figure that out.

    • @KiraTV1
      @KiraTV1  7 місяців тому +2

      The bitcoin was collected into a handful of addresses and the filtering to new addresses is entirely consistent with every other hack you can see with analysis. Most of the bitcoin you can see sitting at an end location as of right now, so that isn't a plausible or possible explanation unfortunately.

  • @andrewchesebro868
    @andrewchesebro868 7 місяців тому +3

    Can’t they put into into monero ? And do a completely anonymous exchanges into other coins?

  • @ForexStoryteller
    @ForexStoryteller 6 місяців тому +1

    Theyre moving and being mined each time they move....
    They stole that, created an exchange, they're now moving all of this and getting paid legally by passing it through their own miner and getting paid to move their own money wallet to wallet ...

  • @AmazingDOR
    @AmazingDOR 7 місяців тому +13

    Wow...just woooooow. And no one important has been caught??? WOOOOOOOW

    • @anonony9081
      @anonony9081 7 місяців тому +10

      There's a ton of examples like this. The guy who ran the Canadian exchange quadriga disappeared into India and no one seems to care

    • @fidelio9301
      @fidelio9301 7 місяців тому

      Geniuses

    • @fidelio9301
      @fidelio9301 7 місяців тому

      @@anonony9081barely sociable did a video on that

    • @jacobbachman4014
      @jacobbachman4014 7 місяців тому +4

      This is normal for crypto as it’s pseudonymous, meaning accounts can be hid under pseudonymous with 0 way to get to the user behind it

  • @chrisholder3428
    @chrisholder3428 21 день тому +2

    You know I have the hunch that the perpetrators have seen this video.

  • @evrfreez
    @evrfreez 7 місяців тому +5

    Remember everyone, Kira is NOT suicidal

    • @clvrswine
      @clvrswine 7 місяців тому

      Dumb comment.

  • @surajmaurya5566
    @surajmaurya5566 4 місяці тому

    Everyone should have a dedicated person like you *sentinel Recover* . People dream of hiring such a talented expert like you. Keep up the hard work.

  • @aeonstrife147
    @aeonstrife147 4 місяці тому +7

    Im feeling like North Korea got something to do with this

  • @TTIOttio
    @TTIOttio 7 місяців тому +2

    It may be as simple as the original hackers no longer having a decent chunk of those funds - could they not have spent it at places that accept bitcoin? This would also explain why so much is sitting in exchanges…

  • @BalaramDas-sf8jq
    @BalaramDas-sf8jq 4 місяці тому

    Hey ppl, I'm a retired computer/IT person, Yet I still find *sentinel Recover* so informative and straight forward. Thanks for your advise and helping the people...........Great work and love watching.

  • @ladywunderkind9390
    @ladywunderkind9390 6 місяців тому

    This one is a new favorite second only to the Quadriga case.

  • @Italomm-d9g
    @Italomm-d9g 6 днів тому +3

    It's to bad the government can't do this good of a Job. Swingnotch thanks you for the help in recovery...