Lindsay to discuss the consequences and lessons of the recent ransomware attack on the owner of the largest fuel pipeline system in the United States. Rob Knake, CFR’s Whitney Shepardson senior ...
Major U.S. oil pipeline system Colonial Pipeline paid a requested 75 bitcoin ransom to hackers who took control of its data last week. Colonial Pipeline has paid 75 BTC (around $5 million at the time ...
The Darkside ransomware gang broke into Colonial Pipeline through an inactive account that didn’t use multifactor authentication, according to a consultant who investigated the attack.
The boss of Colonial Pipeline has apologised after a cyber attack took the US fuel pipeline offline last month, causing major disruption. Joseph Blount said: "We are deeply sorry for the impact ...
The Justice Department seized more than $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency that was used as a ransom payment to hackers who targeted the Colonial Pipeline in a cyber attack last month. The ...
Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4 million to hackers Colonial Pipeline's CEO Joseph Blount told The Wall Street Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the ...