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>I'm not quite sure what this implies? That the team who did the initial infection was in fact some sort of FBI undercover?

I suppose that's one of the many possibilities that are implied, but its not even close to the most likely.

I think its more likely that some of the attackers' systems or accounts were compromised (AKA hacked).

US agencies have tried to set up action and had it get away from them. More the CIA than the FBI from memory.

why is that more likely that the attackers systems were compromised?

Does it not sound weird that a cybercrime gang would leave a hot wallet on some random VPS? That seems incredibly unlikely.

I’m not surprised. There is no reason to suspect they’re going to be particularly elite with that respect.

It doesn’t take a _ton_ of technical proficiency to get ransomware someone else made and target a company with it.