Colonial Pipeline reportedly pays $5M in cryptocurrency to hackers to end ransomware cyberattack

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The Colonial Pipeline Co. reportedly paid a $5 million ransom to regain control of the energy pipeline whose downtime has triggered gas shortages.

Earlier this week, the FBI identified a criminal group known as DarkSide as being responsible for the cyberattack.

"Once they received the payment, the hackers provided the operator with a decrypting tool to restore its disabled computer network," Bloomberg reported."The tool was so slow that the company continued using its own backups to help restore the system, one of the people familiar with the company’s efforts said."

Colonial Pipeline officials declined to comment on Thursday.not immediately respond to a USA TODAY request seeking comment. The system – which supplies about 45% of the Southeastern region's fuel, including gasoline and jet fuel –

 

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