HACKERS BEHIND COLONIAL PIPE ATTACK GOT $90M IN BITCOIN
The hacker group Darkside which is believed was behind the Colonial Pipeline attack in the US received $90 million in bitcoin according to Elliptic.
The group, which is made up of a cohort of veteran hackers, compromised the 5,500-mile pipeline with a ransomware attack earlier this month, causing panic to erupt in 18 states along the East Coast as fuel supplies run low.
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic said: “In total, just over $90 million in Bitcoin ransom payments were made to DarkSide, originating from 47 distinct wallets.
“According to DarkTracer, 99 organisations have been infected with the DarkSide malware – suggesting that approximately 47% of victims paid a ransom, and that the average payment was $1.9 million.”
