The DOJ has seized approximately $2.3 million ransom amount in BTC paid to DarkSide by Colonial Pipeline last month. The FBI used a bitcoin private key to prevent the transaction. click here to read full Article Read More on latest vulnerability and stay safe
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it has seized 63.7 Bitcoins currently valued at approximately $2.3 million that individuals in a criminal hacking group known as ‘DarkSide’ had extorted from Colonial Pipeline in a ransomware attack last month. For those unaware, a gang of hackers using…
Security experts at London-based blockchain analytics firm Elliptic discovered the bitcoin wallet used by the ransomware group responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack and the extortion amount received from victims. According to a report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, the ransomware gang Darkside received a ransom payment of 75 Bitcoin, or…