), for more coverage. The CEO of Colonial Pipeline on Wednesday gave his first interview since the company was hit by a ransomware attack earlier this month, confirming publicly that he approved the payment of $4.4 million to the hackers to regain access to IT systems. Meanwhile, Facebook has set up a special operations center to monitor content on its platforms involving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm ADVERTISEMENT CONFIRMATION OF PAYMENT: The CEO of Colonial Pipeline, hit by a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down operations for much of last week, confirmed publicly for the first time Wednesday that the company paid the hackers behind the attack so it could regain access to its systems.