Report: Colonial Says It Paid $4.4 Million to Pipeline Hackers
The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems.
The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.
The Latest on the Alabama pipeline explosion (all times local): Noon: Experts say motorists could soon begin seeing higher costs at gas pumps in some Southern states after a pipeline explosion in Alabama. Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline said it shut down both of its main lines after Monday’s blast, which killed a worker and injured several others. Both lines, which supply…