Loading ...Update (1028ET): Bloomberg reports Colonial Pipeline paid Eastern European hackers approximately $5 million in untraceable cryptocurrency last Friday, contradicting a WaPo report it had no plans to pay the ransom to unlock its paralyzed pipeline system.
The company said the ransom was paid hours after the attack. Once the ransom was paid, the hackers provided Colonial with a decrypting tool to restore its computer system that controlled the pipeline that carries 100 million gallons per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from Texas to New Jersey.