Colonial Pipeline Shuts Down After a Ransomware Attack
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe day is not disputed: "On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline ... suffered a ransomware cyberattack" and operations were halted the same day.[1]
Colonial Pipeline halted every pipeline it runs after DarkSide ransomware hit the computers managing the system, cutting off the line that carries most of the gasoline and jet fuel to the US Southeast. The company paid a ransom of about 75 bitcoin, and fuel shortages and panic buying followed along the East Coast.
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