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Knowns and unknowns about the hack at Colonial Pipeline
By Raphael Satter
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ransom-seeking hackers have broken into Colonial Pipeline, prompting the company to shut one of America s major arteries for fuel delivery.
Here is a look at what we know, and what we don t, about one of the most disruptive digital shakedown efforts to hit a U.S. company.
WHO IS INVOLVED?
Alpharetta, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline and the U.S. government have both blamed ransomware for the massive outage, pointing the finger at cybercriminal gangs who routinely hold data and computer networks hostage in exchange for digital currency payments.
Gas prices: Pipeline shutdown sparks worries of $3 a gallon CNN 5 days ago By Alexis Benveniste and Charles Riley, CNN Business © Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images Signage is displayed on a fence at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Customers buying gasoline at grocery stores and other independent retailers may pay more than those shopping at name-brand outlets after the biggest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. sprung a leak in Alabama on Sept. 9. Colonial Pipeline Co. has proposed restarting the line on Sept. 22, according to the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images