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Plausible theory on how they did this here: https://twitter.com/brucedkleinman/status/1402044745916973057 https://twitter.com/brucedkleinman/status/140204474591

by ac29 5y ago

Plausible theory on how they did this here: https://twitter.com/brucedkleinman/status/1402044745916973057 https://twitter.com/brucedkleinman/status/140204474591697305... tl;dr: The hackers used the same full node wallet more than once, and the FBI was able to narrow in on an IP address because the first relay of the transactions was the same across multiple transactions. This server was in California, which allowed the FBI to seize it.

nojito 5y ago
The warrant isn't proof that the server was in California. That's simply where the FBI field office that is going to access the bitcoin address is based out of.