The cost of Bitcoin fell more than nine percent on the background of the news from the USA related to cryptocurrency, the bidded data is evidenced.
As of 12:28 Moscow time, Bitcoin’s course collapsed to 32.8 thousand dollars (9.26 percent). This happened against the background of the news that the US US authorities were able to return a part of the repurchase in Bitcoins, who paid the largest operator of the COLONIAL PIPELINE Hacker Group of Fuel pipelines.
Investigators were able to track the payment on a cryptocurrency wallet used by hackers who allegedly located in Russia. As a result, the authorities returned several million dollars.
Colonial Pipeline said that was attacked by a virus-extortioner in early May. Almost immediately to extortioners paid $ 4.4 million.