[Cryptography] In the latest unexpected ransomware twist ...

[John Levine]

The U.S. Justice Department says it has recoverd most of the bitcoin ransom that
Colonial Pipeline paid in the ransomware attack last month.

 .. by reviewing the Bitcoin public ledger, law enforcement was able to
 track multiple transfers of bitcoin and identify that approximately
 63.7 bitcoins, representing the proceeds of the victim’s ransom
 payment, had been transferred to a specific address, for which the FBI
 has the “private key,” 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-23-million-cryptocurrency-paid-ransomware-extortionists-darkside

R's,
John