CRYPTO INSIDER: Bitcoin might have led Mueller to Russian hackers

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The 12 Russian hackers indicted Friday by the special counsel Robert Mueller utilized bitcoin to facilitate their scheme, according to the indictment.

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The indictment suggests those bitcoin transactions contributed to the hackers getting caught.

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