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by mthoms 2660 days ago
>The fact that they were able to access those wallets means they "cracked" the security measures on that laptop

Incorrect. Experts were able to trace funds back to the cold storage wallets addresses using analysis. But the private keys have not been located and no, the laptop has not been "cracked".

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Yup: "The Monitor has commenced a preliminary review of the transactional activity of the Identified Bitcoin Cold Wallets utilizing public blockchain records. This analysis..."