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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:01 am Post subject: Federal Officials Recover Bitcoin Ransom From Colonial Pipel |
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Federal officials have recovered $2.3 million in bitcoin (BTC, -9.52%) that Colonial Pipeline paid to a criminal outfit during a ransomware attack, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
Colonial Pipeline paid about $4.4 million in bitcoin to the attackers, linked to the Darkside ransomware group, after its payment syste...read more |
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