Ransomware attackers gained access to Colonial Pipeline's computer networks in April using a compromised password, according to the company and a cybersecurity firm it hired -- leading to the ...
The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems, according to a report Wednesday from The Wall Street Journal ...
The disclosure about the breadth of state-sponsored cyberattacks was part of a warning to pipeline owners to increase the security of their systems to stave off future intrusions. By Nicole Perlroth ...
Cybersecurity experts have warned for years about the high-stakes risk of a ransomware attack on U.S. critical infrastructure. This month’s disruptive hack of the Colonial pipeline made those warnings ...