U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

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U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers - NewsBreak

The Justice Department on Monday recovered some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had seized 63.7 bitcoins, now valued at...

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7 Jun 2021 ~~ By Sarah N. Lynch
(Posted by Reuters)
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it recovered some $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co ransomware attack.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, now valued at about $2.3 million, paid by Colonial (COLPI.UL) after last month's hack that led to massive shortages at gas stations along the East Coast just as the summer driving season began.
The Justice Department has "found and recaptured the majority" of the ransom paid by Colonial, Monaco said. Colonial Pipeline had said it paid the hackers nearly $5 million to regain access.

Comment:
Meanwhile it's been estimated that the real payoff was $5 million.
Hmm..., Did "Darkside" forget to kickback the 10% to the "Big Guy"?
DOJ said they recovered “most of it” so don't worry, I'm pretty sure the “big guy” got his 10%.
There goes my faith in Bitcoin. I thought transactions were supposed to be impossible for governments to trace much less reverse.
I've been skeptical of claims that bitcoin transactions were untraceable, because don’t we leave a footprint or trail on the internet, with everything we do online? I didn’t understand, how would dealing with Bitcoin on the internet be any different from any other internet transaction which can be searched and retrieved?
THen there's corporation responsibility for their data.
It used to be that important data was downloaded and stored separately. I guess that was done away with by corporations using the "Cloud".
Seems that keeping to separate servers not connected to each other is no longer used by most corporations and this is an achilles heel.

 

[Moonglow]

Time to delete

 

[White 6]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

Where did they get it, and who did they give it to?

 

[Moonglow]

Colonial Pipeline’s Bitcoin Ransom Mostly Recouped by U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. recovered almost all the Bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. last month in a sign that law enforcement is capable of pursuing online criminals even when they operate outside the nation’s borders.U.S. officials said Monday...

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He's asleep at the wheel...

 

[Meathead]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

From whom?

 

[Moonglow]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

From whom?

Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate said law enforcement identified a virtual wallet used in the ransom payment and then recovered the funds. He said investigators have found more than 90 companies victimized by DarkSide, a Russia-linked cybercrime group blamed in the pipeline hack.

“Today we turned the tables on DarkSide,” Monaco said, as she called on companies to invest more to protect their critical infrastructure and intellectual property. “DarkSide and its affiliates have been digitally stalking U.S. companies for the better part of last year.”

 

[Moonglow]

Next time I will just report you and not help you.

 

[Dana7360]

This is good news.

Hopefully this will discourage the criminals from continuing the hacks.

Feds recover more than $2 million in ransomware payments from Colonial Pipeline hackers

 

[Moonglow]

They were pretty dumb to take cyber currency...

 

[theHawk]

LOL so much for Bitcoin crypto.

 

[Meathead]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

From whom?

Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate said law enforcement identified a virtual wallet used in the ransom payment and then recovered the funds. He said investigators have found more than 90 companies victimized by DarkSide, a Russia-linked cybercrime group blamed in the pipeline hack.

“Today we turned the tables on DarkSide,” Monaco said, as she called on companies to invest more to protect their critical infrastructure and intellectual property. “DarkSide and its affiliates have been digitally stalking U.S. companies for the better part of last year.”

Good luck with actually getting the money. It seems as feeble as getting returns for the welfare state.

 

[Moonglow]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

From whom?

Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate said law enforcement identified a virtual wallet used in the ransom payment and then recovered the funds. He said investigators have found more than 90 companies victimized by DarkSide, a Russia-linked cybercrime group blamed in the pipeline hack.

“Today we turned the tables on DarkSide,” Monaco said, as she called on companies to invest more to protect their critical infrastructure and intellectual property. “DarkSide and its affiliates have been digitally stalking U.S. companies for the better part of last year.”

Good luck with actually getting the money. It seems as feeble as getting returns for the welfare state.

What are these returns from the welfare state?

 

[Meathead]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

From whom?

Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate said law enforcement identified a virtual wallet used in the ransom payment and then recovered the funds. He said investigators have found more than 90 companies victimized by DarkSide, a Russia-linked cybercrime group blamed in the pipeline hack.

“Today we turned the tables on DarkSide,” Monaco said, as she called on companies to invest more to protect their critical infrastructure and intellectual property. “DarkSide and its affiliates have been digitally stalking U.S. companies for the better part of last year.”

Good luck with actually getting the money. It seems as feeble as getting returns for the welfare state.

What are these returns from the welfare state?

That's the point, isn't it imbecile?

 

[Resnic]

U.S. Recovers $2.3 Million From Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack​

Where did they get it, and who did they give it to?

Probably "were keeping it as part of our investigation" but the investigation will never end.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

IT WAS A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED RUSSIAN HACK...
A highly sophisticated group of retards dont rob someoneone then wait at the bus stop for a ride home
They transferred all of that swag to friggin Coinbase!? instead of a private wallet...get the fuck outta here pffffft ...
A coinbase account in many ways is just like a regular bank account
It was the fbi recovering the cias money for em lol
Ya think the idiots who swallow everything fed to them hear oh it was Russia that hacked it
Russia Russia Russia
It's even easier than the lies about covid