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Colonial Pipeline: US recovers most of ransom paid

The Department of Justice says it's seized much of the $4.4m ransom paid to the cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month

The US Department of Justice says it's seized much of the $4.4m ransom paid in bitcoin to the cyber-criminal Dark Side group responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month.

Meanwhile police in Australia say they've made more than 200 arrests in a sophisticated sting operation against organised crime using a messaging app secretly developed by the FBI.

And scientists are reporting what they say is the longest sediment avalanche yet measured in action underwater off West Africa.

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  • Tue 8 Jun 2021 04:06GMT