In May 2021, one of the largest refined fuel pipelines in the United States, the Colonial Pipeline, experienced a cyberattack that shut down fuel delivery from the Gulf coast to the East coast. The U.S. government including CISA at the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI strongly recommended against paying the ransom demanded by the hackers. Concerned about operational safety and getting the pipeline back up and running the company decided to pay the ransom. The group responsible is known as the Darkside group.
