FBI: Russian hacker group to blame for ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline

A vital pipeline carrying fuel along the U.S. East Coast – the Colonial Pipeline — remains offline days after a critical ransomware attack brought its operations to a halt. The FBI now says a Russian hacker group known as DarkSide is responsible. As Jackson Proskow reports, it’s the latest in a string of cyberattacks targeting American infrastructure.

• Toshiba unit in Europe hacked, blames DarkSide group from U.S. pipeline attack
• Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly US$5M in ransom: report
• FBI says DarkSide behind Colonial Pipeline cyberattack