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US' Colonial Pipeline paid $5 mn crypto ransom to hackers: Report
short by Hiral Goyal / on Thursday, 13 May, 2021
Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid $5 million to hackers following a cyberattack that forced the company to take its fuel pipeline offline. The ransom was paid in untraceable cryptocurrency within hours after the attack, Bloomberg reported. Colonial had earlier stated it had no intention of paying ransom amount to the hackers. The company resumed fuel shipments on Wednesday.
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