quote [U.S. Department of Justice] officials said they had identified a virtual currency account--often referred to as a "wallet"--that DarkSide used to collect payment from a ransomware victim identified in court papers only as "Victim X," but whose hacking details match Colonial’s. The officials said that a magistrate judge in the Northern District of California had approved a warrant on Monday to seize funds from the wallet.

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"U.S. Seizes Share of Ransom From Hackers in Colonial Pipeline Attack"

quote Investigators traced 75 Bitcoins worth more than $4 million through nearly two dozen cryptocurrency accounts.

Katie Benner and Nicole Perlroth for the New York Times; June 7, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...pipeline-attack.html

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 06-08-2021).]

Pay them a few cents over and over and eventually track the payment.

I thought one of the points of cryptocurrency was that it couldn't be stolen from the digital wallet ...

quote Originally posted by Notorio: I thought one of the points of cryptocurrency was that it couldn't be stolen from the digital wallet ...

Obviously you are also smelling the unmistakable aroma of bullshit.

quote Originally posted by Notorio: I thought one of the points of cryptocurrency was that it couldn't be stolen from the digital wallet ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...cy_and_crime#Bitcoin

quote Bitcoin There have been many cases of bitcoin theft.[8] As of December 2017, around 980,000 bitcoins have been stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges.[9] One type of theft involves a third party accessing the private key to a victim's bitcoin address,[10] or of an online wallet.

[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 06-09-2021).]