“The Justice Department said on Monday that it had recovered much of the ransom paid to hackers last month who shut down the computer systems of Colonial Pipeline,” the New York Times reports.

“Colonial had paid a ransom worth roughly $4.4 million in Bitcoin to the Russian hacking group DarkSide after it used ransomware… The seizure on Monday marked a first-of-its-kind effort by the Justice Department to hijack a cybercriminal group’s profits through a hack of its Bitcoin wallet.”

“The Justice Department said that it had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, currently valued at about $2.3 million. (The value of a Bitcoin has dropped over the past month.)”


https://politicalwire.com/2021/06/07/justice-department-recovers-ransom-paid-to-hackers/

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So basically the FBI hacked someone's bitcoin wallet.

Brilliant

They are lucky they dont have Buhari as president.. he would have banned internet.

Did FBI hacked the wallet, arrested the criminals or have they have discovered a way to reverse BTC transactions?
If it is the latter, the future of BTC is bleak.

I'm excited

That's a country working clockwise to secure the cyber and territorial integrity of its citizens while the northerns keep their boarders open to sundry terrorists in the name of ECOWAS free movement.

ivolt:
Did FBI hacked the wallet, arrested the criminals or have they have discovered a way to reverse BTC transactions?
If it is the latter, the future of BTC is bleak.

You are wise.

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Malami is a disaster

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Poor piglet.

wwwihy:

The seizure on Monday marked a first-of-its-kind effort by the Justice Department to hijack a cybercriminal group’s profits through a hack of its Bitcoin wallet.”

“The Justice Department said that it had seized 63.7 Bitcoins, currently valued at about $2.3 million. (The value of a Bitcoin has dropped over the past month.)”


https://politicalwire.com/2021/06/07/justice-department-recovers-ransom-paid-to-hackers/

the us justice department hacked btc wallet?

Ugh?

Last time i checked, even when the fbi asked blockchain to let them know the owner of a particular btc address, e wasn't leaked out, or is there something i'm missing?

Tell me something.

Do you think it's possible to hack a btc wallet with just the address? Maybe the got additional information about the hacker that hacked into their computers. Or from the emails the got from the hacker.