FBI Recovers $2.26 Million Colonial Pipeline Ransom From BTC Wallet...
The Justice Department on Monday announced it seized most of the $4.3 million in Bitcoin (75 BTC) ransom Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers. The largest US refinery shut two crude units in Port Arthur, Texas last month after hackers caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down. Colonial Pipeline paid $4.3 million in Bitcoin to the hackers before announcing it would restart its operations again.
The FBI said Monday during a presser the bureau was able to identify the Bitcoin wallet used by the DarkSide hackers and recover $2.26 million (63.7 BTC). According to court documents, the FBI was able to identify the wallet through the blockchain public ledger...
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