Colonial Pipeline Paid Roughly $5 Million in Ransom to Hackers

By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR, NICOLE PERLROTH AND CLIFFORD KRAUSS
U.S.
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The payment clears the way for gas to begin flowing again, but it risks emboldening other criminal groups to take American companies hostage by seizing control of their computers.
New York Times
United States Politics and Government, Pipelines, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Extortion and Blackmail, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Infrastructure (Public Works), Shortages
May 14, 2021 at 12:18AM