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They also accepted a ransom substantially below their typical going rate. The Darkside people were probably shitting their pants, this is not what they intended at all.

Did they leave it alone for days? The FBI seized the ransom (claiming it was left in a Coinbase account) so clearly someone was doing something.

"Left alone" as in publicly and geopolitically.

The FBI investigated the crime as they always do. It was treated as a standard international monetary theft.

I mean it's reasonably close - but FWIW thanks for the correction, it's been a wild year