The federal government says it seized by court order $2.3 million of the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline.
The FBI had the password to the hackers' Bitcoin account, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports.
“Today we turned the tables on DarkSide,” says Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
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Clarification via
@KenDilanianNBC: While Bitcoin isn’t stored on a server, the private keys to unlock the Bitcoin may have been. In any event, an FBI official just told reporters that it doesn’t matter where the Bitcoin wallet is—the FBI still can get access. They won’t say how.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Why would Russian hackers store their bitcoin in America? Doesn't make sense.
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Russian hackers probably using that US server for all sorts of stuff I guess.
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Bitcoins live on the blockchain technically.
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This is all bs
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This reminds me when old ppl try to talk young. El oh el @
Russian hacker
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Password? Bitcoin on a server
? Bitcoin is stored on the Blockchain in the web, not servers. Seed phrases enable you to access the wallets. Not passwords. - Show replies
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"kept their Bitcoin on a server in northern California" Lmao, not sure if the FBI is r3tarded, or maybe they just think we are.
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This is sketchy distraction crap to help the still UN-educated to crypto swallow SEC/FED regs on BTC being 'adopted' by Treasury/IRS etc. Their whole press release language says not one of them owns, or has been through a crypto transaction protocol. Snake in the grass shit.
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