Sources: Colonial paid ~$5M ransom in cryptocurrency within hours of the attack, but the hackers' decrypting tool was so slow that it had to use its own backups (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:

Sources: Colonial paid ~$5M ransom in cryptocurrency within hours of the attack, but the hackers’ decrypting tool was so slow that it had to use its own backups  —  – Payment came shortly after attack got underway last week  — FBI discourages organizations from paying ransom to hackers

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