American Colonial Pipeline paid a hacker redemption by almost five million dollars after cyberatics on the pipeline. According to Bloomberg with reference to sources, familiar with the progress of the transaction, the payment passed in cryptocurrency that it is impossible to track.
The agency’s interlocutors clarified that money from the company demanded that she could again gain access to his data. Money paid a few hours after the attack. Having received funds, hackers handed over a Colonial Pipeline key to decrypt data to restore the impaired system operation.
At the same time, earlier in May Washington Post and Reuters, with the words of anonymous sources, were transferred that the operator is not going to pay hackers.
Colonial Pipeline is one of the largest pipeline operators in the United States. On May 8, the company reported that it was attacked by the virus-extortionist. CNN argued that the kiberat was worth a grouping of Russian hackers and their Darkside community. Colonial Pipeline on Thursday, May 13, resumed the pipeline work. At the same time, the US energy company Chevron predicted “limited” problems with fuel supplies due to kiberataki.
The suspension of the pipeline has led to a lack of fuel along the east coast. Due to the risk of deficiency, Americans began to spill gasoline on plastic packages.