NewsWatch: How did federal agents recover bitcoin and access a crypto wallet tied to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack?

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U.S. federal authorities are fairly tight-lipped on law enforcement’s method of recovering some $2.3 million in bitcoin paid to cyber-hackers of Colonial Pipeline Cos. It is a rare, but not unprecedented, win for federal agents who are part of a newly formed Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force. See full story.

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