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US recovered $2.3 mn in Bitcoin from Colonial Pipeline hackers
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
US has recovered $2.3 million in Bitcoin from Russia-based hacker group DarkSide, whose attack on major fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline caused it to stop operations, officials said on Monday. The recovery is the first undertaken by a ransomware task force created by US President Joe Biden-led administration's Justice Department. The majority of the ransom paid was seized, officials added.
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