Colonial Pipeline paid hackers $5 million in ransom for a decryption key that didn’t really decrypt that much data. The energy giant’s 5,500-mile oil pipeline system was shut down last week after a network-crippling attack on the energy giant. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday, hoping to quell fears about surging gas prices and to update Americans about how the government is handling the incident. The pipeline came back online Wednesday night and began to churn oil back into Americas veins once more.”]
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