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FBI says it recover $2 million in Bitcoin Ransomware payment... How?
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HashFace
on 07/06/2021, 23:37:27 UTC
⭐ Merited by PrimeNumber7 (1) ,vapourminer (1)
Talking about this with friends.  FBI doesn’t give any details, of course, but says they traced it to a Wallet and seized it.  How do you think they got it back?

Our theories are:

-Traced it to an exchange, Forced it to turned over
-Hacked the hackers
-Cracked the encryption


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/07/cryptocurrency-ransom-paid-colonial-pipeline-hack-mostly-recovered/7589909002/