US Marshals Are Investigating a Possible Digital-Asset Hack

The US Marshals Service, which provides custody of cryptocurrencies seized by or forfeited to federal law enforcement agencies, said it’s investigating a possible hack of US government digital-asset accounts.

“At this time, we will not be making any statement as the matter is under investigation,” a spokesperson for the agency said in an email.

On Jan. 26, Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, said in a post on X that he is “on it,” and linked to another post by an anonymous onchain investigator who goes by ZachXBT. In the online note, ...