For a more humorous tale of recovering a private key after a chunk of it was damaged (in this case, replaced by the string "FUCK A DUCK"), see this hilarious CR

For a more humorous tale of recovering a private key after a chunk of it was damaged (in this case, replaced by the string "FUCK A DUCK"), see this hilarious CRYPTO 2012 rump session talk: https://crypto.2012.rump.cr.yp.to/87d4905b6d2fbc6ad2389debb73f7035.pdf https://crypto.2012.rump.cr.yp.to/87d4905b6d2fbc6ad2389debb7... There is also a video and a few more details here (starting at 47:38) in their longer CCC talk: https://youtu.be/v_X0gUzGWsA?t=2858 https://youtu.be/v_X0gUzGWsA?t=2858 (Slides for that longer talk: https://www.hyperelliptic.org/tanja/vortraege/facthacks-29C3.pdf https://www.hyperelliptic.org/tanja/vortraege/facthacks-29C3...)