Authorities have arrested a Manhattan couple accused of stealing $4.5 billion in bitcoin by hacking a virtual currency exchange, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. In conjunction with the arrests, officials said that law enforcement seized bitcoin currently valued at more than $3.6 billion. The married couple — Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, …
Read More »Hackers Behind Global Ransomware Attack Are Demanding $70 Million
Investigators say that hackers are demanding $70 million in Bitcoin to end the biggest global ransomware attack in history. Hackers hit a range of IT management companies and compromised their corporate clients by targeting a key software vendor called Kaseya. REvil gang, who is responsible for extorting $11 million from …
Read More »US Investigators Recover Millions In Ransom Paid To Pipeline Hackers
The Department of Justice has recovered about $2.3 million in Bitcoin that was paid as ransom to hackers of Colonial Pipeline. The ransomware attack shut down the East Coast pipeline last month. East Coast pipeline paid a $4.4 million ransom to Darkside, a Russian-based cybercriminal group, to regain access to …
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