US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

Posted by bdcravens on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:38PM
from the cnn.com dept.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/politics/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-recovered/index.html

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Re:US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial P... by theincredulousk on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:30PM (#27427276)

Still curious how they specifically recovered the bitcoin. Was it transferred to an exchange? Grabbed when they tried to convert it to fiat? Physically recovered a cold wallet?

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Re:US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial P... by cheweh on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:11PM (#27427845)

The comments from DarkSide hint that law enforcement requested access to the payment server and transferred from there.

https://twitter.com/BleepinComputer/status/13932171157008302...

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Re:US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial P... by lakegut on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:05PM (#27427750)

How was the wallet hacked?

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