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06-07-2021 09:02 PM
@MorningLover wrote:Colonial Pipeline CEO payed $4.4 million in ransom.
Justice Department said it seized $2.3 million in cryptocurrency of the ransom paid to hackers who shut down Colonial Pipeline’s computer systems.
ABC, NBC, DOJ say $4.4 mil recovered.
Great 🙂
06-07-2021 09:39 PM
@Drythe Here's where I saw the information I posted.
Washington Post: Federal authorities have recovered more than $2 million in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to foreign hackers whose attack last month led to the shutdown of a major pipeline that provides nearly half the East Coast’s fuel, according to officials.
NYT: The Justice Department said that it had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, currently valued at about $2.3 million.
CBS News: U.S. recovers $2.3 million in ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
06-07-2021 09:48 PM
@MorningLover wrote:@Drythe Here's where I saw the information I posted.
Washington Post: Federal authorities have recovered more than $2 million in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to foreign hackers whose attack last month led to the shutdown of a major pipeline that provides nearly half the East Coast’s fuel, according to officials.
NYT: The Justice Department said that it had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, currently valued at about $2.3 million.
NYDailyNews: Feds seize $2.3M in cryptocurrency used to pay ransom in Colonial Pipeline hack
CBS News: U.S. recovers $2.3 million in ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
See post #1 re WP.
You have your sources, I have mine.
Nothing Follows
06-07-2021 10:00 PM
So Silly, You don't believe the sources I have listed? I copied Washington Post, NYT, NYDaily and CBS.
You can copy anything I posted and it can be found on google.
06-07-2021 10:10 PM
The devil is always in the details.
This explains the discrepancy in the amounts being reported:
The Bitcoin amount seized — 63.7, currently valued at $2.3 million after the price of Bitcoin tumbled— amounted to 85% of the total ransom paid, which is the exact amount that the cryptocurrency-tracking firm Elliptic says it believes was the take of the affiliate who carried out the attack. The ransomware software provider, DarkSide, would have gotten the other 15%.
My source was the Associated Press (AP)
We all know what the Associated Press is so.....
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