DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware extortionists Darkside

Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by benmmurphy on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:36PM (#27428158)

If they carried out the attack they would have had the private key in their possession.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by vmception on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:53PM (#27428337)

gigglesnort

or by "in possession of the private key" they mean "Coinbase generated the private key earlier and just gave it to the FBI"

the amateur hour doesn't stop there though

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by ajkdhcb2 on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:34PM (#27428751)

That was exactly my thought.

Especially together with 'FBI Director Compares Ransomware to 9/11' articles like https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/fbi-chris-wray-ransom...

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by briefcomment on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:27PM (#27429609)

Our "respected authorities" have been "predicting" this since last year [1].

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0DKRvS-C04o

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by meowface on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:29AM (#27430939)

I love viewing comment histories of people who write posts like the above. They're always fun.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by briefcomment on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:32AM (#27434270)

Thanks!

You might find it interesting to know that, irl, I never talk about anything remotely conspiratorial. I live life like a normal person, and talk like this on forums as a hedge.

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