School Recovers Ransomware Paid in Bitcoin

Dutch police tracked down a bank account in Ukranian where a relatively small amount of the extortion money had been paid. In 2020 prosecutors were able to seize the account and find a lot of different cryptocurrencies. After more than two years, the authorities were able to return the money to the school. The Ukrainian account had a value of 40,000, but now it has a value of 500,000.

The money will be put into a fund to help students.