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Re: Official says US seized cryptocurrency ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
by
avikz
on 08/06/2021, 17:44:14 UTC
According to this article they got the hacker's private key: https://californianewstimes.com/us-says-it-has-recovered-large-portion-of-colonial-pipeline-ransom/383269/
Unclear how, but it mentions some servers being seized, so maybe they got access to a physical device. Or perhaps they got malware onto the device or there was a cooperating exchange.

Very much possible! If this news is true, that's really great. I wish FBI will be able to recover all of the ransom paid, every bit of it. My self as a bitcoin holder and supporter, feel immense pain whenever I see bitcoin's involvement in any illegal matters. I hope FBI get a hold on to the hackers and send them behind the bars for a really long time. These kind of incidents actually empowers the bitcoin haters to speak against it.