{"id":11239,"date":"2021-06-07T21:05:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=11239"},"modified":"2021-06-07T21:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:05:38","slug":"us-seizes-us2-3-million-in-ransom-paid-to-colonial-pipeline-hackersunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=11239","title":{"rendered":"US seizes US$2.3 million in ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackersUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Justice Department on Monday recovered some US$2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive US cyberattack on record.Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said investigators had seized 63.7 bitcoin, now valued at about US$2.3 million, paid by Colonial after last month\u2018s hack of its systems that led to massive shortages at US East Coast petrol stations.The Justice Department has \u201cfound and recaptured the majority\u201d of\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3136410\/us-seizes-us23-million-ransom-paid-colonial?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Justice Department on Monday recovered some US$2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline, cracking down on hackers who&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}