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Bitfinex hack recovery spurs crypto community responses -Breaking

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Around 2,000 people moved on Feb. 1. The 2016 Bitfinex hack generated $2.5 billion wallets. Cointelegraph reviewed all transactions.BTC(worth $3.6 Billion) were consolidated in one wallet address. Hackers were finally caught more than a week after being discovered.

United States Department of Justice Two suspects were arrested and $3.6 million in cryptocurrency was seizedThe 2016 hack. Alleged hackers Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were apprehended after federal authorities exercised their ability to “follow the money through the blockchain” according to the DoJ.