Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:35AM
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> The errors present by these hackers are so comical it's simply unbelievable.
True crime stories abound with comical errors (as do plenty of true not-crime stories). As it turns out, real people fuck up in comical ways all the time.
> I'm supposed to believe some elite Russian hacking group keeps their crypto wallets running on a US host where the FBI just logs right in and snatches the private key?
No, you aren't supposed to believe either (a) that DarkSide are an elite group, or (b) any particular narrative about how the FBI got the private key. AFAICT, no one is selling the first claim, and the only people selling narratives about how the FBI got the private key are doing conspiracy-theory-level creative interpretation of documents.
True crime stories abound with comical errors (as do plenty of true not-crime stories). As it turns out, real people fuck up in comical ways all the time.
> I'm supposed to believe some elite Russian hacking group keeps their crypto wallets running on a US host where the FBI just logs right in and snatches the private key?
No, you aren't supposed to believe either (a) that DarkSide are an elite group, or (b) any particular narrative about how the FBI got the private key. AFAICT, no one is selling the first claim, and the only people selling narratives about how the FBI got the private key are doing conspiracy-theory-level creative interpretation of documents.