Analysis: The US government may have orchestrated the theft of LuBian mining pool; if true, it would make the US government the largest financial hacker in history

According to ChainCatcher, on-chain detective ZachXBT analyzed that documents released by the U.S. government show that wallet addresses listed among the $14 billion (127,000 BTC) seized had previously been named in the Milky Sad report about two years ago, which stated that their private keys were vulnerable. Now, the U.S. government claims to have custody of these wallet addresses.

In response, Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic stated after research, "At present, it seems increasingly likely that the U.S. government was behind the theft from the LuBian mining pool. If true, the U.S. government would be the largest financial hacker in history." Although there is still no conclusive evidence to confirm this, Emmett Gallic believes that the future movements of the "LuBian hacker" addresses tagged on Arkham will be sufficient as a basis for judgment.

Previous reports stated that LuBian, once among the world's top ten mining pools, suffered a major security incident in December 2020, with a total of 127,426 BTC stolen, making it the largest bitcoin theft in history. The 127,000 BTC seized by the U.S. government yesterday originated from these funds.