Claude AI cracks 11-year-old Bitcoin wallet holding $400K after 3.5 trillion password attempts

A Bitcoin trader recovered a $400,000 wallet locked for 11 years after using Claude AI to attempt 3.5 trillion password combinations against an old backup. The story highlights practical use of LLMs for cryptographic brute-force assistance.

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