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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by erentz on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:17PM (#27429910)
I mean we know the hack wasn’t sophisticated at all. It seems to me the hackers are opportunists, scanning for vulnerabilities and weak VPNs. People are confusing grunt work with sophistication. They would’ve used ransomware against any target that they breached that they thought could pay. Too young or too stupid to think through the consequences.

Thread below indicates what happened is they were incredibly naive and eventually used a US exchange wallet. Just script kiddies really.

https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/14020730011899125...

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by dragonelite on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:29AM (#27433685)
Most likely, that is why i'm convinced US will put regulation in place for "green miners" and "clean exchanges" so US based renewable miners are only allowed to sell and bring new clean bitcoins into circulation.
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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by tapland on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:38AM (#27432265)
They use affiliate systems and provide ransomware (that someone else has probably delivered) to the people actually doing the breaches.

It wasn't darkside planting the ransomware afaik, but it was someone wanting to get paid through their affiliate program.

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