₿itcoin Plunge 📉
The FBI has announced that it has successfully seized the Bitcoin payment that was made to the hackers responsible for the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Specifically, during the press conference and their press release, the FBI specifically stated that it was able to seize the bitcoin wallet used by the hackers.
“Today the FBI successfully seized criminal proceeds from a bitcoin wallet that DarkSide ransomware actors used to collect a cyber ransom payment from a victim. Since last year, we’ve been pursuing an investigation into DarkSide—a Russia-based cybercrime group. The DarkSide ransomware variant is one of more than 100 ransomware variants that the FBI is currently investigating. DarkSide developers market their ransomware to criminal affiliates, who then conduct attacks and share a percentage of the proceeds with the developers, a scheme known as ransomware-as-a-service.”
A quick glance on social media you got the sentiment that the biggest reason for the Bitcoin plunge was due to the unanswered question: how did the FBI gain access to the hackers’ Bitcoin wallet?
