The Department of Justice announced that it had seized $560,000 in cryptocurrency destined for Hamas, which was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, as well as fundraising and recruitment communication platforms and websites the group used. 

“These seizures deprive Hamas of resources it relies on to recruit and radicalize individuals online and finance barbaric attacks like the one on October 7, 2023,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said in a statement. 

A group chat claiming association with Hamas on an encrypted communications platform directed supporters to a fundraising website and provided donors with a rotating set of cryptocurrency donation addresses, according to court documents. 

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro called the seizure a "massive blow against foreign terrorism." The funding, Pirro said, was going to be used by the military wing of Hamas, the Al Qassam Brigade.

The investigation, she said, also provided the names of thousands of individuals who tried to give money to Hamas. 

"My message to Hamas is clear. Your networks are not secure. Your crypto is vulnerable, and we will not stop until your ability to wage war is defeated once and for all," Pirro said in a video posted on X.