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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by colinmhayes on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:21PM (#27467320)
If the colonial pipeline hadn't paid the ransom there would be pandemonium on the east coast as people were forced to ration gas. I don't see how that helps. As long as computers exist they will be hacked. Spending more on security can help but can't stop it.
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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by AaronFriel on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:24PM (#27467358)
Colonial Pipeline ended up restoring data using their own backups anyway. They paid $5 million dollars for a decryption tool that was so slow that their own IT team was able to restore service sooner.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/colonial-...

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Re:U.S. Senate to probe whether legislation needed to combat... by colinmhayes on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:28PM (#27467396)
The article says they used backups to help restore the system. That tells me that the backups weren't fully up to date, and that the missing info was worth 5 million.
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