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Colonial Pipeline paid 75 Bitcoin, or roughly $5 million, to hackers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/technology/colonial-pipeline-ransom.html
Colonial pre-emptively shut down its pipeline operations on Friday. President Biden did not rule out a retaliatory strike on those responsible.