U.S. officials have recovered a large portion of the ransom paid for a cyber attack on a colonial pipeline

U.S. authorities They returned Most of the ransom money was given to the DarkSite hacker group last May, which is a liability Cyber attack against colonial pipeline systems, Is one of the largest and most important pipelines in the United States. On Monday, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had “recovered” 63.7 bitcoins worth $ 2.3 million (approximately 1.9 million euros), the bulk of the company’s 75 bitcoins (before the fall of cryptocurrencies at the time, the fee was $ 4.4 million).

The cyber attack was carried out Last May 7 With “ransomware”, it is malicious software installed by hackers that blocks some data and opens only with a ransom (in English) Amount of redemption). About two weeks after the attack, Joseph Blount, administrator of the Colonial Pipeline, confirmed his presence. Authorized to pay the ransom At $ 4.4 million (approximately 6 3.6 million) to allow the pipeline to resume operations, it was blocked due to the attack.