Monday, June 7, 2021

US Justice Department recovers most of the ransom paid to pipeline hackers

America's Justice Department says it's recovered most of the ransom paid to Russian hackers by the owners of a US petroleum pipeline.


Last month, the Colonial Pipeline was shut down for nearly a week after a ransomware attack, causing petrol shortages up-and-down America's east coast.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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