{"id":6562,"date":"2026-01-05T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/bitfinex-hack-convict-ilya-lichtenstein-released-early-under-u-s-first-step-act\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:12:07","slug":"bitfinex-hack-convict-ilya-lichtenstein-released-early-under-u-s-first-step-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/bitfinex-hack-convict-ilya-lichtenstein-released-early-under-u-s-first-step-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bIlya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early.<br \/>\nIn a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s First Step Act. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons&#8217; inmate locator\u00a0Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early.<br \/>\nIn a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s First Step Act. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons&#8217; inmate locator\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bIlya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early. In a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s First Step Act.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/bitfinex-hack-convict-ilya-lichtenstein-released-early-under-u-s-first-step-act\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}