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Ransom paid: Colonial Pipeline paid $4.4 million to the gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems earlier this month, according to The Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO, Joseph Blount, says he authorized the payment after the May 7 ransomware attack despite FBI advice not to pay hackers’ ransoms, because the company didn’t

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