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By ZDNet
May 13, 2021
![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0003/9916/051321_Wendy_Martinez-CBC_colonial-pipeline-map.large.jpg?1620928465&1620928464 "Route of the disrupted Colonial Pipeline.")
Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid the ransomware group responsible for a cyberattack last week close to $5 million to decrypt locked systems.
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that two people close to the matter said a blackmail demand was agreed to within hours of the cyberattack that has impacted the fuel giant's systems for close to a week.
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