White House won’t say if Colonial paid ransom over DarkSide hacking demands

Graeme Massie
<p>White House won’t say if Colonial paid ransom over DarkSide hacking demands</p> (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

White House won’t say if Colonial paid ransom over DarkSide hacking demands

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The White House has refused to say if Colonial Pipeline paid a ransom over the DarkSide hacking demand.

The FBI says that the hacking group was behind the ransomwear attack on the company, which was forced to shut down its 5,500-mile pipeline that runs between Texas and New York.

The Biden administration said at a Monday briefing that it was up to the private company to address if it had paid the DarkSide ransom after the attack.