Well isn’t this interesting.
The Justice Department on Monday announced it seized most of the $4.3 million in Bitcoin (75 BTC) ransom Colonial Pipeline paid to hackers.
The largest US refinery shut two crude units in Port Arthur, Texas last month after hackers caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down.
Colonial Pipeline paid $4.3 million in Bitcoin to the hackers before announcing it would restart its operations again.
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