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The Russian ransomware group responsible for the Colonial Pipeline hack, Darkside, reaped just over $90 million in Bitcoin ransom payments from 47 victims before announcing it would cease operations, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced that he was signing a law intended to penalize local governments that do not keep up with cybersecurity training requirements one week after ransomware attack shut down a major U.S. pipeline.

Supplies at thousands of gas stations in dozens of Southern states were drained after a cyberattack forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline earlier this month.

A bipartisan group of members of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation that would bolster security for pipelines after the gas shortage caused by this week’s Colonial Pipeline shutdown

A group of pro-Iran Twitter accounts flooded the platform with “massive surges of unmitigated antisemitism” and disinformation, enough to get it trending, as Israel stepped up military strikes against the Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza responsible for launching hundreds of rockets at civilian targets this week, according to a nonprofit, politically neutral research institution.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that gas supply in areas affected by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown would take “a few days” to fully return to normal, and urged consumers to “only buy the gas they need” to speed up the process.

With cyberattacks on the rise, there are measures that businesses, network operators and individuals can take to protect themselves.

Janet Yellen’s ominous warnings on cryptocurrencies may have just played out for Colonial Pipeline.

The Colonial Pipeline has returned to operations following a cyberattack that snarled gas supply for the eastern U.S. for days, according to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

The Colonial Pipeline may be the first of other major U.S. infrastructure attacks, says the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Colonial Pipeline may have been using an outdated version of Microsoft Exchange when it was targeted by a ransomware attack late last week.

The Biden administration on Tuesday night detailed its “comprehensive” response aimed at securing the nation’s fuel supply chain as the Colonial Pipeline remained out of commission due to a cyberattack.

Colonial Pipeline is prepared to deliver an additional 2 million barrels of gasoline when its systems restart, the company said on Tuesday.

The Seattle-based company is trying to hold the bad actors accountable for allegedly creating fraudulent text message campaigns using Amazon's name to ultimately drive traffic to other advertisers or websites.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday declared a state of emergency as the Colonial Pipeline, which transports a significant amount of gasoline to the East Coast, remained offline following a ransomware attack.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Monday declared a state of emergency over the temporary outage of the Colonial Pipeline caused by a cybersecurity attack.

DarkSide appeared in August 2020 and has already hit dozens of companies in the US and Europe

A bipartisan group of more than three dozen state attorneys general is urging Facebook to halt its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, citing concerns about the safety and well-being of children and the “harm” social media poses to young people.

The FBI announced on Twitter Sunday that it is aware of a “network disruption” at the Colonial Pipeline, which is one of the country’s largest and transports fuel across the East Coast.

Apple’s top app store executive on Thursday faced an avalanche of documents unleashed Thursday by an Epic Games lawyer aiming to prove allegations that the iPhone maker has been gouging app makers as part of a scheme hatched by Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs.