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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by Wheaties466 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:22AM (#27433633)
I don't understand why so many people are jumping to the conclusion that the FBI broke sha-256.

Theres so many other lower hanging fruit posibilities...

1: they served the server provider with a warrant they provided physical access. 2: their server infra was running vulnerable code for another service. 3. weak passwords / weak security in general 4. they cut a deal with the upstream ransomware providers and were provided with the private key used.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by dboreham on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:44AM (#27434385)
> FBI broke sha-256

A very odd conclusion because that's not the crypto you need to break to steal some coins.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by Wheaties466 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:22PM (#27438885)
not my opinion. I was just confused why other commenters would think this.
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