Colonial pipeline hackers collected a reward and saved it from being confiscated.
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Team Hackers DarkSite The cause of the vandalism of the important oil pipeline in the United States is the “colonial pipeline.” Since I paid about $ 5 million in bitcoins, the company could get the encryption tools needed to unlock the computer. The country’s largest fuel connection.
After this, DarkSite reports loss of access to its program servers and its cryptocurrency reserves. A service in which hackers use their ransomware to hack other victims. However, It was known that DarkSite moved a large portion of its assets to avoid being confiscated before losing access.
However, there is no official evidence other than announcements on the hackers ’networks. Therefore, it is not possible to verify whether they actually lost the fee or recovered it. Experts note that they removed it before it was confiscated.
Colonialism can be reactivated within 24 hours after it has been hacked almost entirely off the east coast of the United States and affected by fuel service disruption. Y Hackers reported through various channels that one of their cryptocurrency wallets had been confiscated.
In this sense, Analytical company Elliptic, based on its blockchain research, was able to identify DarkSite Bitcoin wallet During the transaction carried out by the Colonial Pipeline on May 8, the day of the cyber attack, approximately $ 4.4 million worth of 75 PTCs were seized. .
That too was identified More than 50 payments were found in at least 20 different wallets in the hackers’ wallet. One of the payments came from PDC, a chemical distributor in Brendan, and more than three million dollars, in addition to coming from the colonial pipeline.
For its part, The government of President Joe Biden has not commented on any of the payments, however, and has announced that it will act on a mandate to better work and protect against future cyber attacks. Of course, one of the most feared attacks by any government is the attack on its financial system, which is why they continue to act to prevent them.
Because of the great impact of this cyborg, the colonial pipeline carries 100 million gallons of fuel a day to the entire east coast of the United States and the Gulf Coast.
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