Meet the Father and Son Team Breaking Into Crypto Wallets

<p>Close your eyes. Imagine it's 2010. You’ve just learned about something called Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency. You spend $50 and get 50 of the coins, thinking the whole thing is funny. Cut to 2022. What you spent around 50 bucks on in 2010 is now worth 2 million dollars.</p><br><p>There’s just one problem. You need a password to access that 2 million and 2010 was a long time ago. It’s a problem plaguing the world of cryptocurrency: an epidemic of millionaires unable to access their cash. But there are options.</p><br><p>To deal with the problem, a cottage industry of asset recovery specialists has emerged. One is <a href="https://cryptoassetrecovery.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crypto Asset Recovery</a>, a startup run by a father-son team in New Hampshire.</p><br><p>They are Chris and Charlie Brooks and they are here with me today to talk about the business of breaking in.</p><br><p>Chris and Charlie also appeared on an episode of Motherboard’s TV show <em>Cryptoland</em>, which you can stream at <a href="https://youtu.be/P86FNhtMfEA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube.com/motherboard</a>.</p><br><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week. </strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><br><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>