Good distinction. There are "mobile wallets" on phones, "digital wallets" on laptop, "exchange wallets" at brokers/exchanges, but these are all "hot wallets" connected to the the internet and subject to hacking, theft, or regulatory BS.
Also, not all crypto is created equal. Bitcoin in cold wallet cannot be stolen for use without your private keys, even if physical cold wallet is stolen.
Unless your private keys are hacked which may be possible with quantum computers. I wonder if US Government is employing their quantum computers in this way. That would be clever. It's an element of surprise that neither IRG nor city of London were ready for ;)
Good distinction. There are "mobile wallets" on phones, "digital wallets" on laptop, "exchange wallets" at brokers/exchanges, but these are all "hot wallets" connected to the the internet and subject to hacking, theft, or regulatory BS.
Also, not all crypto is created equal. Bitcoin in cold wallet cannot be stolen for use without your private keys, even if physical cold wallet is stolen.
Unless your private keys are hacked which may be possible with quantum computers. I wonder if US Government is employing their quantum computers in this way. That would be clever. It's an element of surprise that neither IRG nor city of London were ready for ;)
Could the keys be hacked with a key-logger? Are bitcoin wallets accessed via a web browser?
If so, all that would be needed is a browser hack.
No hacking necessary. All you gotta do is just go to Iran and grab some wallets. Scott explained how to do it.
Oh they took their computers??? That would explain everything
So they found the private keys?