Feds recover 64 coins after Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident

[ATCclears]

Did they recover the 64 coins using the serial number of each? That has 'interesting' connotations in a coin world in terms of having something seized for whatever reason...

U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers

Officials said they had recovered roughly $2.3 million in digital currency paid to release the pipeline from a ransomware attack that prompted the shutdown of the main conduit for gasoline and diesel fuel to the U.S. East Coast.

www.wsj.com

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[Alexx1401]

I noticed this on a couple "news sources". Know almost zero about how this works and if not for the last many years of watching the "news" just blatantly lie? Few years ago I would have thought this was great, they found a way to get the money back. Any more I just look at this and have to wonder are they just fabricating the story because the current administration is embarrassed? Its come to the point I almost assume everything they send out is a lie any more which is pretty sad.
Now if they really did? This should really rock the world of people who use this kind of currency for criminal stuff.

 

[kmk1012]

Now if they really did? This should really rock the world of people who use this kind of currency for criminal stuff.

That is some very good truth about this digital currency. It's as real as anyone wants to believe, at least until it disappears.

 

[Labradorian]

Sorry to say, crypto is somewhat trackable. Its not so much cracking the code of the black box but watching what goes in and come out of the box. TOR tracking works the same way.