We will never know what the truth is.
Conspiracy minded me: It was a Government operation that is going to be used to justify surveilance/tighter regulations regarding cryptocurrency usage.
Maybe the aren’t
***Lost control of its web servers and some of the money*** it’s made off ransom payments
Because they would actually have to kill someone other than women and children, be it by burning or sniping.
They promote ideals of biden and the dims
Perhaps they are connected to the DNC.
Perhaps the FBI is concerned about massive sophisticated retaliation it could not control.
My hope is that the FBI was instrumental in DS losing control of its system and picked up some coin while doing so. That would have been the smart move, let unpaid DS partners take care of the wet side.
Because they are located in foreign countries under the protection of local Governments.
We don't really have agencies left that are able to go and get them by overt or covert means in a non-permissive environment. The erstwhile protectors of such gangs do have such capabilities.
The DarkSiders upset a lot of apple carts, and not just in this country. I would suppose there have been a lot of discussions behind closed doors and some deals worked out.
Perhaps one or two of the DarkSiders have already met with some unfortunate accidents, "pour encourager les autres".