24 How did federal agents recover bitcoin and access a crypto wallet tied to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack? (www.marketwatch.com) posted 3 years ago by ashlanddog 3 years ago by ashlanddog +24 / -0 9 comments share 9 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Hackers put all funds into a custodial wallet. FBI probably just subpoenaed the exchange for the private keys.
Not your keys, not your coins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcrEEnDLm58
Odd that hackers wouldn't know the first rule about bitcoin however.
Was this a FBI inside job circle jerk where they could 'subpoena' their own funds back after scaring the public? Only time will tell.
I never underestimate a persons ability to be stupid, so the hackers could very well have been dumb and trying to offboard it, but who knows.
Plausible...
Cold wallet.