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Re:Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial P... by dragonwriter on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:17PM (#27427929)
> But my understanding is that a judge can't just seize the wallet -- you'd need their private key. Anyone know what happened from a technical standpoint?

The affidavit [0] supporting the warrant details the flow of Bitcoin between various addresses and notes that the FBI has the private key of the address targeted for seizure, but doesn’t explain how they got the private key.

[0] linked, along with the warrant and other docs, from the DoJ press release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-23-...

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Re:Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial P... by BombNullIsland on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:25PM (#27428034)
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Re:Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial P... by dragonwriter on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:28PM (#27428068)
That's an interesting theory and would make sense as a defusing move (whether or not they had an ongoing relationship with DarkSide), but is there any support for this or is it speculation?
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Re:Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial P... by BombNullIsland on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:32PM (#27428121)
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Re:Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial P... by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:59AM (#27432065)
Why did you nuke your comment after it had been replied to?
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