How a new team of feds hacked the hackers and got Colonial Pipeline’s Bitcoin back
“What we don’t know is whether or not this is going to pave the way for future similar successes.”
“What we don’t know is whether or not this is going to pave the way for future similar successes.”
“The Department of Justice has found and recaptured the majority of the ransom Colonial paid to the DarkSide network in the wake of last month’s ransomware attack,” Lisa Monaco, U.S. deputy attorney general, said during a press conference.
The pipeline system delivers about 45% of the gasoline consumed on the East Coast.
The cyberattack disabled computer systems responsible for fuel production from Texas to the northeast and now gas stations in the southeast are seeing panicked motorists lining up in droves to fill their tanks and jerrycans.