Ilya Lichtenstein, the convicted Bitfinex hacker, attributed his early release from prison to a prison reform law signed by President Donald Trump. Lichtenstein, a Russian-U.S. national, confessed to hacking Bitfinex in 2016 and stealing nearly 120,000 bitcoin. He mentioned that he has been released under the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform law signed by Trump in 2018. Lichtenstein expressed his plans to pursue a career in cybersecurity and expressed gratitude to his supporters while stating his determination to prove his critics wrong. His early release was made possible thanks to President Trump's First Step Act.