📚 Department of Justice Reclaims Millions of Dollars Paid to Colonial's Attackers

The US Justice Department has recovered most of the multimillion-dollar ransom payment The Guardian reports.   The operation to recover cryptocurrency from the Russian-based hacking group is the first carried out by the Biden administration's task force specializing in ransomware. Moreover, it reflects what officials say is an increasingly aggressive approach to dealing with a ransomware threat that attacked critical industries around the world last month.  Deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco said Monday at a news conference that “By going after an entire ecosystem that fuels ransomware and digital currency, we will continue to use all of our tools and all of our resources to increase the costs and the consequences of ransomware attacks and other cyber-enabled attacks".  Colonial Pipeline, situated in Georgia, delivers almost half of the fuel... ...