Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period. 'Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal.

The story has been updated to reflect new reporting that they did pay and clarify the data recovery process. President Biden declined to comment when asked on Thursday whether Colonial Pipeline had paid the ransom.Īnd government officials said they did not know if a ransom had been paid during briefings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.Ĭolonial Pipeline has also repeatedly declined to comment on the ransom payment.Ĭorrection: An earlier version of this story said Colonial Pipeline was not likely to pay a ransom. The fact that the critical infrastructure company paid the ransom appears not to have been widely shared, despite federal entities working with the pipeline company to build back its networks following the ransomware attack.īrandon Wales, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration (CISA), said on Thursday that he has 'no knowledge of whether a ransom was paid, how much was paid, if it was paid, when it was paid.'

It is not clear when the payment was made. Bloomberg first reported the ransom payment.ĬNN was previously told by multiple sources that Colonial Pipeline had not yet paid the ransom, but two sources said on Thursday that the company did pay as it sought to retrieve the stolen information. The group, previously identified as DarkSide, demanded nearly $5 million, two other sources familiar with the incident said. The sources CNN spoke to Thursday did not say how much the company paid. But it does say that we have work to do with cybersecurity, particularly protecting critical infrastructure, and I think that the Biden administration believes that, and is working on that both in the short term and the long term,” he said.Ĭolonial Pipeline paid the ransomware group that carried out a crippling cyberattack, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Thursday. I think that this company is going to be able to get things back on track here in the next couple of days. “I got a call right away, and the Biden administration jumped on this quickly with me, and I understand with other state governors across the southeast. “I had a good conversation with the Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm who told me they were working from the federal level to make sure this pipeline is turned back on as quickly as possible,” Cooper said. Brian Kemp earlier in the day, Cooper said he’s had positive and constructive dialogue with the Biden administration as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and subsequent fuel shortage unfolded. And to make sure that we have other avenues to get the gas to stations as quickly as possible,” Cooper said.Ĭontrary to comments made by Florida Gov. “What we have to do though is to get the people calmed down, and to make sure that we get this pipeline up and running as quickly as possible. “I will tell you that this should not be a gas supply problem, but panic buying has made it a fact,” the governor continued.

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