FALSE FLAG!!!
So companies should beg to pay hacker ransom in bitcoin:
The DOJ will find it and return it in 4-7 days
They found a few millions “untraceable” bitcoin faster than the $35 trillion in “accounting adjustments” at the Pentagon
They managed to find it rather quickly, as well as decided that the “hackers” were based in Russia the same week it happened.
This story is Bull $hit.
It’s for people that do not understand how private keys work.
Hint they are not online.
The most likely explanation.
Mine sure isn't. It's hand written and in a sealed envelope in my fire safe.
However it was provided to me via the internet, and to use it, the pass phrase must be entered via the internet. Two possible points of interception.