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[Courtsensetwo]

Now if they could just show the perps with their nuts wired to a car battery.

FBI recoups most of Colonial Pipeline’s bitcoin cyber ransom | PropertyCasualty360

While the government's efforts were great, they also underscored the difficulty in going after those behind cyberattacks.

www.propertycasualty360.com

 

[Univee2]

Now if they could just show the perps with their nuts wired to a car battery.

FBI recoups most of Colonial Pipeline’s bitcoin cyber ransom | PropertyCasualty360

While the government's efforts were great, they also underscored the difficulty in going after those behind cyberattacks.

www.propertycasualty360.com

As the perps might be female, it would be less discriminatory to put their heads on pikes.

 

[HooDatGuy]

As the perps might be female, it would be less discriminatory to put their heads on pikes.

Cyber hackers? Female?

You’ve seen too many movies.

 

[UncleMark]

Cyber hackers? Female?

You’ve seen too many movies.

Asian female cyber hackers are all the rage.

 

[hookyIU1990]

Now to make an example of Colonial!

That congressional testimony sideshow was ridiculous.

 

[Noodle]

As the perps might be female, it would be less discriminatory to put their heads on pikes.

They could give them nuts first, then wire them to the car battery.

 

[anon_mlxxvlbug9dpa]

They could give them nuts first, then wire them to the car battery.

I’m listening....

 

[larsIU]

They could give them nuts first, then wire them to the car battery.

I think we’ve exhausted the transgender discussion. Give it a rest already.

 

[Noodle]

I think we’ve exhausted the transgender discussion. Give it a rest already.

My apologies, but my comment was not in any way intended to demean or otherwise make fun of anyone in the LGBTQ community. That is not something I would ever do, but I do see how it could have been construed in that manner.

 

[anon_mlxxvlbug9dpa]

My apologies, but my comment was not in any way intended to demean or otherwise make fun of anyone in the LGBTQ community. That is not something I would ever do, but I do see how it could have been construed in that manner.

Let’s hope you don’t get canceled.

 

[UncleMark]

Let’s hope you don’t get canceled.

CTFB

 

[anon_mlxxvlbug9dpa]

CTFB

What’d you call me?

 

[larsIU]

My apologies, but my comment was not in any way intended to demean or otherwise make fun of anyone in the LGBTQ community. That is not something I would ever do, but I do see how it could have been construed in that manner.

OH snap. Totally sarcastic man.

I figured I'd be the one cancelled.

 

[UncleMark]

Let’s hope you don’t get canceled.

CTFB

What’d you call me?

Cancel The Fvcking Boiler. That would be Noodle, would it not?

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Someone help correct me on this: doesn't the fact the feds were able to do this undermine the value of crypto more than anything Musk could say?

 

[mcmurtry66]

Someone help correct me on this: doesn't the fact the feds were able to do this undermine the value of crypto more than anything Musk could say?

F crypto

 

[NPT]

Someone help correct me on this: doesn't the fact the feds were able to do this undermine the value of crypto more than anything Musk could say?

I wondered the same thing. If the feds can do that then it means that some hacker can do it to anyone.

 

[hookyIU1990]

I wondered the same thing. If the feds can do that then it means that some hacker can do it to anyone.

Somebody smarter than me will come along and explain it better than I can, but transactions involve a temp public key component and it takes 10-15 minutes for a transaction to be complete (longer if there's network latency due to traffic). During that time the wallet is vulnerable, since the public key is known, if you also know the private key. Somehow, the .gov knew the private key and the public key.

How? Supposedly there isn't a quantam computer capable of breaking the key within that timeframe, so how was it done? What don't we understand? Who understands it?

Scary stuff to think about for any banking system, nevermind your bitcoin wallet.

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

Now to make an example of Colonial!

That congressional testimony sideshow was ridiculous.

Uh, could you be more specific?

never mind - it ALL fits that description.

 

[NPT]

Somebody smarter than me will come along and explain it better than I can, but transactions involve a temp public key component and it takes 10-15 minutes for a transaction to be complete (longer if there's network latency due to traffic). During that time the wallet is vulnerable, since the public key is known, if you also know the private key. Somehow, the .gov knew the private key and the public key.

How? Supposedly there isn't a quantam computer capable of breaking the key within that timeframe, so how was it done? What don't we understand? Who understands it?

Scary stuff to think about for any banking system, nevermind your bitcoin wallet.

Did the hackers give the pipeline the key to decrypt the files after they paid the ransom? I wouldn't have thought they would have given the key until they had the money in hand.

 

[hookyIU1990]

Did the hackers give the pipeline the key to decrypt the files after they paid the ransom? I wouldn't have thought they would have given the key until they had the money in hand.

My understanding is that the money the .gov took was money that had been transferred from the main wallet to another wallet. That's why it wasn't the full amount. I don't know if that's the actual case though.

 

[NPT]

My understanding is that the money the .gov took was money that had been transferred from the main wallet to another wallet. That's why it wasn't the full amount. I don't know if that's the actual case though.

I need to read more because I have no idea how all of that works.
I see China is/was shutting down bitcoin mining .... whatever that is.

 

[bawlmer]

Somebody smarter than me will come along and explain it better than I can, but transactions involve a temp public key component and it takes 10-15 minutes for a transaction to be complete (longer if there's network latency due to traffic). During that time the wallet is vulnerable, since the public key is known, if you also know the private key. Somehow, the .gov knew the private key and the public key.

How? Supposedly there isn't a quantam computer capable of breaking the key within that timeframe, so how was it done? What don't we understand? Who understands it?

Scary stuff to think about for any banking system, nevermind your bitcoin wallet.

I suspect these guys could fill in some of the blanks.