[covidthrow]

That's not even close to what happened.

The administration left it alone for days saying they'll let private business sort it out. (Default investigation notwithstanding.)

When a bunch of news media started reporting the group was Russian and then insinuate it was a state sponsored attack, DarkSide said something along the lines of, "We didn't realize this would start geopolitical conflict. We will be careful to vet clients more carefully in the future."

[whimsicalism]

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.

[astrange]

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.

[Wolfenstein98k]

"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.

[arthurcolle]

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