当“Bitfinex大盗”现身纳什维尔会场，有人慌了

比推Published on 2024-07-30Last updated on 2024-07-30

因盗走 45 亿美元一战成名，曾涉及机密国家安全信息，现以“Web3 顾问”身份归顺美国政府？

撰文：Cointelegraph

编译：Azuma，Odaily 星球日报

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编者按：2016 年 8 月 2 日，老牌交易所 Bitfinex 被盗近 12 万个比特币，这也是加密货币历史上规模最大的黑客事件之一。

2022 年 2 月 8 日，时隔近六年之后美国司法部宣布侦破该案，不但查获了 9.4 万余个比特币（之后又陆续收回数千个），并逮捕了两位涉案嫌疑人 Ilya Lichtenstein 和 Heather Morgan。

时至今日，从这对“夫妻大盗”手中缴获的近 10 万枚比特币依然占据着美国政府比特币持仓的主要来源，Bitfinex 方面也正在尝试收回该批资金，预计后续仍需冗长的法律程序，以确定如何处置这批比特币。

另一方面，涉案嫌疑人并未像社区普遍认为的那样处于行动限制状态，Morgan 曾被多次发现出席各大加密货币相关活动，甚至包括刚刚结束的纳什维尔比特币大会。

以下内容为 Cointelegraph 针对 Morgan 的意外现身所做的报道与分析，由 Odaily 星球日报编译。

“传奇大盗”现身纳什维尔

业界的“老人”们对 Heather Morgan（又名 Razzlekhan）或许并不陌生，这位自称社会工程学专家及说唱歌手的黑客曾是整个加密货币行业的头条人物。

Morgan 曾参与了历史上最大规模的网络窃案之一，即在 2016 年黑入 Bitfinex，盗取了 120000 比特币，按照她被逮捕时的币价计算，总价值超过 45 亿美元。

许多人都认为 Morgan 在被捕后一直处于被关押的状态，但事实并非如此，包括刚刚闭幕的纳什维尔 Bitcoin 2024 会议在内，Morgan 的身影已多次出现在一些加密货币主题大会上被发现，这引发了与会者的好奇和猜疑。

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Morgan 在会场被拍到（最左边偏瘦的女性）

2023 年 8 月 3 日，Morgan 在认罪时明确知道她可能面临最多五年的监禁和 25 万美元的罚款，从那时起，她一直在等待定于 2024 年 11 月 8 日的判决。

Morgan 的丈夫兼共犯 Ilya Lichtenstein 目前被软禁在家，而 Morgan 则处于保释状态。

根据 Howell 法官的说法，Lichtenstein 在策划 Bitfinex 窃案中扮演了比黑客攻击中扮演了比 Morgan 更重要的角色，因此需要对 Lichtenstein 施以更严格的限制措施。此外阿肯色州大学法学院的法学教授 Carol Goforth 还提到，Lichtenstein 与俄罗斯的联系也加剧了对他可能潜逃的担忧。

Morgan 参会的潜在原因剖析

如果一个人即将面临数年的监禁和巨额罚款，为什么她还会频繁参加比特币相关活动呢？

比特币开发者以及比特币托管服务公司 Casa 的联合创始人 Jameson Lopp 认为 Morgan 的行迹非常可疑，并建议大会主办方将 Morgan 视为一个潜在威胁者，拒绝她继续参会。

Lopp 的担忧凸显了社区对于 Morgan 的意图及其可能构成的潜在风险的普遍不安。

Loop 告诉 Cointelegraph，他认为 Morgan 参会的原因可能有两种。

相对偏善意的可能性是，她正在寻找咨询工作的机会，以支付政府的 25 万美元罚款 —— 据悉 Morgan 在活动时的自我介绍也是“Web3 顾问”。

然而，相对偏恶意的可能性则是，Morgan 正试图通过为政府收集情报来减轻自己的刑期。

至于 Morgan 是否已听命于美国政府，Lopp 认为很少有人会在面临监禁时选择对抗而非合作。

考虑到 Morgan 自称在社会工程学方面的专长，Lopp 认为她很可能在利用这些技能代表政府行事。这种可能性进一步增加了加密社区的警觉性，加剧了围绕着 Morgan 的怀疑。

Odaily 注：Morgan 2019 年时曾围绕如何利用社会工程学实现目标进行过演讲。

限制 Morgan 入场，是否与比特币的“包容”价值观相冲突？

Lopp 呼吁拒绝 Morgan 参会的行为在加密货币社区内部也遭遇了一定的反对。反对者认为，这种禁令与比特币文化固有的“包容”和“开放”精神相悖。

这一矛盾在社区内部引发了更广泛的辩论，即如何在安全顾虑与价值原则之间保持平衡。

Lopp 就此表示，他也不想因为 Morgan 对于比特币的信仰而将其排除在外，他只是认为：“她应该被拒绝参会，因为她是一个众所周知的威胁……只有傻子才会把掠食者引入充满潜在目标的活动之中。”

Lopp 也不同意对所有被定罪的加密货币犯罪者一律实施参会禁令，他辩称表示：“犯罪与道德失衡并非完全同步，像 Sam Bankman-Fried 和 Alex Mashinsky 这样的人确实欺骗了无数客户并造成了广泛伤害，而对于像 Roger Ver 和 Erik Voorhees 这样的人，你可能需要动些脑筋才能说他们确实伤害了一些人。”

Lopp 认为社区应该选择保护自己免受不良行为者的侵害，通过拒绝那些已知存在有害意图或有犯罪背景的人参会，加密货币行业可以更好地保持其诚信和安全，确保活动对所有参会者来说都是安全且具有成效。

“我们行业植根于无需许可、自愿互动的理念。我们可以执行的最有效的自我保护措施之一便是将那些已知的不良行为者排除在外。如果你不是一个值得信赖的个体，你就不配从会议等社交机会中受益。”

截至发文，Morgan 未对置评请求做出回应。

原文链接:https://www.odaily.news/post/5197221
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