j"19HxigV4QyBv3tHpQVcUEQyq1pzZVdoAutLñThis article is a pretty fair assessment of the events and connections of the era:
https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/nsa-gchq-tapped-security-system-designed-by-mike-hearn/
It explicitly states that Hearn was unwitting at the time, actually.
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