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

Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by nodesocket on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:03PM (#27428435)

Also completely baffled how the feds got access to the private key and why an elite Russian hacking group would store their crypto on a US based server.

At the same time, the obvious tin foil hat answer of it was the feds who concocked the entire scheme also doesn't add up. If the NSA/CIA was behind it, they would be smart enough to not use a US based server / wallet. That makes the story inconsistent, and brings up the questions I am asking here. Instead, they would just use a clean wallet (preferably out of Russia). I.E. the misdirection and misinformation does not add up if it was an "inside job" by the US government.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by bob1029 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:17AM (#27432151)

The implausibility of all these scenarios is making me increasingly nervous regarding the other possible ones.

If SHA256 and asymmetric crypto are compromised to this extent, we have a far bigger problem to worry about.

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