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Colonial Pipeline ended up restoring data using their own backups anyway. They paid $5 million dollars for a decryption tool that was so slow that their own IT
by AaronFriel 5y ago
Colonial Pipeline ended up restoring data using their own backups anyway. They paid $5 million dollars for a decryption tool that was so slow that their own IT team was able to restore service sooner.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/colonial-pipeline-paid-hackers-nearly-5-million-in-ransom https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/colonial-...
- colinmhayes 5y agoThe article says they used backups to help restore the system. That tells me that the backups weren't fully up to date, and that the missing info was worth 5 million.