Colonial Pipeline Pays Hackers in Cryptocurrency Worth $5 Million to Restore Its System, But It Does Not Help
13 May 2021, 09:05 pm (Photo : (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)) An out of service bag covers a pump handle at a gas station May 12, 2021 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Most stations in the area along I-95 are without fuel following the Colonial Pipeline hack. The 5,500 mile long pipeline delivers a large percentage of fuel on the East Coast from Texas up to New York. Colonial Pipeline paid the ransomware hackers 75 bitcoin or $5 million to restore its billing system and start pumping fuel to retailers again, sources close to the situation said. But the tool given by the hackers after ...