Colonial Pipeline CEO admits $4.4 million ransomware payment

[r2d2]

@MRI

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount said he authorized a ransom payment of $4.4 million in response to a cyberattack on the company's network earlier this month, according to The Wall Street Journal, which published an interview with the CEO Wednesday. 

This is the first public announcement by the company that a ransom had been paid and comes after repeated refusals from the company to discuss the payment, which Blount called "a highly controversial decision."

[MRI]

lol

[kevinUsa]

4.4mn
FBI em doing??

[Raven_Rayes]

23 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

4.4mn
FBI em doing??

must be an iside job.