Nova analiza osvetljuje zaseg DOJ Bitcoin, saj JBS plača ogromno odkupnino v višini 11 milijonov USD

JBS USA Holdings Inc. je spletnim kriminalcem plačal 11 milijonov dolarjev odkupnine v bitcoinih, saj se pojavljajo nove podrobnosti glede FBI-jevega izterjave premoženja iz prejšnjega plena.

Plačilo, ki naj bi po trenutnih cenah znašalo več kot 300 BTC, je bilo za zaščito tovarn JBS pred nadaljnjimi motnjami. Podjetje je največje svetovno mesno podjetje po prodaji, predelavi govedine, perutnine in svinjine od Avstralije do Južne Amerike in Evrope.

Andre Nogueira, chief executive of the Brazilian meat company’s U.S. division, said that the payment was painful and made after the majority of JBS plants were up and running again to ensure there were no further attacks. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI last week attributed the JBS attack to REvil, a criminal cybercrime group with ties to Russia.

The latest high-profile Bitcoin ransom payment will no doubt add to pressure on legislators to act. Earlier today Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren hacalled for tighter regulation stating that cryptocurrency has “created opportunities to scam investors, assist criminals, and worsen the climate crisis”. Regarding the recent ransomware attacks, she said:

"Vsak kramp, ki se uspešno izplača s kriptovaluto, postane oglas za več hekerjev, ki preizkušajo več kibernetskih napadov,"

The attack on JBS, which was discovered on May 30, was part of a wave of incursions using ransomware that also targeted Colonial Pipeline, the operator of a pipeline bringing gasoline to parts of the U.S. East Coast.

Kot poroča Cointelegraph, FBI managed to recover 63.7 BTC from the 75 BTC ransom paid by the firm to another Russian-linked hacker group called DarkSide.

At the time, the crypto community questioned the methods used by the federal agency to gain access to the private keys for the target address. It was also suggested by some that Coinbase was involved in the seizure but company executives denied any connection.

Po navedbah zavarovalnice za kripto premoženje Evertas naj bi bil DarkSide verjetno že na radarju organov pregona in so tudi sami potrdili, da so izgubili nadzor nad svojo infrastrukturo, vključno s sposobnostjo pridobivanja kripto sredstev.

It notes that according to the pisna izjava, the private key for the subject address was in the possession of the FBI in the Northern District of California, not the actual funds.

Evertas analizirati the transfers using a combination of open-source tools and subscription-based blockchain analytics to reveal that the hacker group split the ransom over three addresses in early May.

Analiza razkriva, da je DarkSide do sredine maja nadzoroval več naslovov, ki so vsebovali 114 BTC. 7. junija je bilo z enega od naslovov zaseženih 63.7 BTC in Evertas verjame, da FBI verjetno nadzoruje ostale:

"Evertas sumi, da FBI zdaj verjetno nadzira preostalih skoraj 114 BTC in si morda prizadeva za vezavo drugih plačil, ki so jih DarkSide izvedle druge žrtve hekerjev RaaS [Ransomware as a Service], preden je uradno zasegel preostala sredstva."

Razkritje se morda sliši pozitivno, toda analitiki podjetja za analitiko podatkov GlobalData verjamejo, da so kriptovalute ravno postale veliko manj varne, saj zaseg postavlja pot do nadzora v obliki fiat-valute. Tematski analitik pri GlobalData Danyaal Rashid je dejal:

»Bitcoin naj bi nas osvobodil vladnega nadzora: decentraliziran in izven vladnih rok. Dejstvo, da je ameriški vladi uspelo izterjati večino te odkupnine, čeprav je bila plačana v bitcoinih, je v nasprotju s tem. "

Vir: https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-analysis-sheds-light-on-doj-bitcoin-seizure-as-jbs-pays-massive-11m-ransom