Colonial Pipeline CEO admits paying hackers: WSJ
(Reuters) — Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount on Wednesday admitted to the Wall Street Journal that his company paid a $4.4 million ransom to hackers as executives were unsure how badly its systems were breached or how long it would take to restore the pipeline.
The 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline system was closed last week after the most disruptive cyberattack on record, preventing millions of barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from flowing to the East Coast from the Gulf Coast.
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(Reuters) — Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday it has begun to restart the nation’s largest pipeline network, six days after a ransomware attack prompted it to shut the line, triggering fuel shortages and panic buying in the Southeastern United States.
