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Colonial Pipeline Paid $5 Million Ransom

Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid a cryptocurrency ransom of nearly $5 million to DarkSide, the threat group whose software was used – for a percentage of the payment – in an attack that led to the temporary shutdown of the fuel distributor's systems.

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