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As part of the initiative, the government has tried to actively reach people via SMS, and spread awareness about the issue. Through SMS, the government has the objective to give a reminder to users to stay safe online, as well as take precautions to safeguard their devices against malware threats
Seizure made by the justice department's recently created digital extortion task force. evan perez explains just how they did it. evan? >> reporter: the justice department says that investigators turned the tables on hackers that crippled fuel supplies to much of the u.s. east coast last month. the fbi and u.s. prosecutors recovered about $2.3 million in cryptocurrency that they say was paid in ransom to hackers behind the cyber attack on the colonial pipeline. government officials have linked the hack to a group known as darkside which shares its malware tools with criminal hackers who then s...