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I think they can track crypto better than they will admit, but they know the hackers are beyond thier reach, likely protected by a foreign power and do not want to admit it. Thus the bounty, so they can get white hats to publicly out what they already know, without leaking sources or methods.

And no one thought to backtrack where the ransom money went? Like, it should not be that hard to track a ransom payment to the hackers, particularly with the bank tracking shit the IRS/DoJ has. And if it was just a contract hacker, then there are probably only a limited number of candidates...

So with all the domestic and international spying and all the wonderful budgets the intel and LEOs get, regardless of how much they violate the Constitution, and you all have had to resort to posting bounties to handle this. And you wonder why people question the priorities and leadership of so...

So, by your ghost comment, you think they already killed the person responsible?

Yep. We're headed for full on cyberpunk dystopia with the next few years I expect. I just hope the next hack is more Laughing Man, less larceny.

So it looks like the hackers received a ransom a bit larger than first reported.

The military isn't a for-profit enterprise. The pipeline company is. So they cut corners on IT security, and now the whole easy coast is paying for it.

Huh, so maybe the pipeline hack was just a massive ransomware attack and not all the people involved realized what they were a part of. Still, nice of the hackers to promise to do better with who they work for in the future.