Quote from: ubercool on June 13, 2021, 12:00:39 PM

In my honest opinion, I don't feel an international hacker group will be so sloppy to giveaway or not be cautious about their private keys.
If it was transferred to some custodial wallets then I might say they have caught it. But if not then this might be a complete scam pulling by the government to everyone whose thinking that holding Bitcoin will keep them out of government's sight.

It wasn't the hacker's (Darkside) share of the ransom that was recovered. Darkside partners with "affiliates" -- as they call them -- to help install their ransomware. The affiliate may be another hacker or just some idiot who works at a big company and has access to the right computer. It appears that only the "affiliates" portion of the ransom was recovered ... not the sophisticated hacker's bitcoins.