NgoMsombuluko, izikhungo zomthetho zase-US ziveze ukuthi zibambe ngempumelelo amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-2.3 (izingcezu ezingu-63.7) ze-bitcoin ekhokhelwe iqembu lama-cybercriminal i-DarkSide ecaleni le-blackmail ye-Colonial Pipeline.

Kuvele ukuthi ngoMeyi 9, i-United States yamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo.Isizathu sasiwukuthi i-Colonial Pipeline, i-opharetha yamapayipi kaphethiloli wendawo enkulu kunazo zonke, yahlaselwa ungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi futhi abaduni baphanga izigidi zamadola ku-bitcoin.Ngokuphuthuma, uColonier wayengenayo enye indlela ngaphandle “kokuvuma iseluleko sakhe”.

Mayelana nokuthi abagebengu baqede kanjani ukungenela, isikhulu esiphezulu kuColonel Joseph Blount udalule ngoLwesibili ukuthi abagebengu basebenzise inombolo eyimfihlo entshontshiwe ukuze bangene ohlelweni lwenethiwekhi yangasese ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa okuningi base behlasela.

Kubikwa ukuthi le sistimu ingafinyelelwa ngephasiwedi futhi ayidingi ukuqinisekiswa kwesibili njenge-SMS.Ephendula ukungabaza kwangaphandle, u-Blunt ugcizelele ukuthi nakuba isistimu yenethiwekhi yangasese ebonakalayo iwukuqinisekisa okukodwa, igama eliyimfihlo liyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, hhayi inhlanganisela elula njengeColonial123.

Okujabulisayo ukuthi i-FBI iqhekeze icala kancane “umbala obuyayo”.Basebenzise “ukhiye wangasese” (okungukuthi, igama eliyimfihlo) ukuze bafinyelele enye yezikhwama zemali ye-bitcoin yomgebengu.

I-Bitcoin yasheshisa ukwehla kwayo ngoLwesibili ekuseni e-United States ngaleso sikhathi, futhi yake yawela ngaphansi kuka-$32,000 mark, kodwa i-cryptocurrency enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yabe isinciphisa ukwehla kwayo.Intengo yakamuva yemali ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu yayingu-$33,100.

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