The FBI responded to the cyberattack by recovering millions of dollars' of bitcoin—though the cryptocurrency's price dipped afterwards.
On June 7, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco confirmed investigators had recovered 64.7 of the bitcoins—valued at around $2.3 million at the time—back from the hackers by gaining access to a bitcoin wallet that contained them.had accessed the wallet after taking possession of its private key, Reuters reported. It is not clear how this happened.
"It just highlights that bitcoins are traceable, which has never been in doubt," he said."There are other cryptocurrencies that are far less traceable, but they seemingly weren't used here. He added:"That intermediary could have been subpoenaed/coerced by the authorities to surrender the money that had been deposited there.", agreed that this could have been a potential method the FBI used—but voiced doubt that it happened.
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