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Cryptopolitan 2020-01-30 12:31:05

Bitfinex returns the stolen BTC which can help turnover of ransomware loot

The United Kingdom high court has ordered popular crypto-exchange Bitfinex to hold and freeze 96BTC (more than $890,000). After this, Bitfinex returns the stolen BTC and now in a statement, Bitfinex has released that they are helping with the trace which can lead to the identity of the attacker of last year’s ransomware attack on a Canadian insurance firm. The attack affected more than a thousand computers and with the malware in them, it was impossible for anyone to access the files on those computers. The attackers in return demanded more than $1.2 million (approximately 125 BTC) to decrypt the

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