Founder of Bitcoin Development Organization Brink, Luke Dashjr, Investigated by FBI Following Hacking Incident

According to a report from “The Block,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a subpoena to Mike Schmidt, co-founder of the non-profit organization Brink, requesting personal information about attendees of the Bitcoin Core developers’ activities in 2022. The subpoena is said to be related to Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr’s claim that he had approximately 216 BTC stolen in a hacking attack.
An anonymous user named “Mike In Space” posted a screenshot of an email in which Schmidt stated: “As part of the investigation into Luke Dashjr’s disclosure of his stolen bitcoins, I have received a subpoena from the FBI requesting information about the attendees of the 2022 CoreDev Atlanta event in October 2022, a few days before TABConf 2022. I am legally advised to cooperate.”
Schmidt confirmed to The Block that he sent the email and stated in his message to the attendees that he provided the FBI with their names, GitHub usernames, and email addresses. Schmidt also mentioned that the FBI requested that he not publicly disclose the subpoena within a year (which had already expired before he sent the email) and added, “I have no knowledge of any details of the investigation or whether the subpoena is targeting a suspect or collecting general information as part of the investigation.”
Schmidt also informed The Block that he has had no further contact with the FBI since then and declined to comment on any further details.
Luke Dashjr claimed in January 2023 that he lost over 200 BTC on December 31, 2022, due to a PGP key leak, estimated to be worth around $3.3 million at the time, or approximately $14 million in the current market value. Dashjr has recently gained attention for publicly criticizing Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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