Number Crunch

Colonial Pipeline’s Ransomware Recovery Reveals Bitcoin Is Not Truly Anonymous

Blockchain technology still leaves digital crumbs behind

Tabarak Khan
Marker
Published in
2 min readJun 14, 2021

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Sixty-four bitcoin, or roughly $2.3 million: That’s how much cryptocurrency the Justice Department recovered earlier this week from the total 75 bitcoin ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline, as…

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Tabarak Khan
Marker
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