Colonial Pipeline’s CEO on Tuesday apologized for the impact that a cyberattack had on the American public. “We are deeply sorry for the impact that this attack had but we were also heartened by the resilience of our country and of our company,” Colonial Pipeline President and CEO Joseph Blount told members of a Senate panel in Washington. Colonial’s approximately 5,500-mile pipeline, which runs from Texas to New Jersey and supplies major hubs across the southeastern United States, was taken offline last month by the company in response to a ransomware attack that’s been pinned on a cybercriminal group called DarkSide. After news of the situation broke, station outages climbed over 16,000, and gas prices surged. Colonial eventually restored its systems and brought its fuel conduit back online. Most stations now have gas, according to GasBuddy’s last outage update on June 1. DarkSide is a ransomware-for-hire service, which enables hackers to …

Colonial Pipeline’s CEO on Tuesday apologized for the impact that a cyberattack had on the American public. “We are deeply sorry for the impact that this attack had but we were also heartened by the resilience of our country and of our company,” Colonial Pipeline President and CEO Joseph Blount told members of a Senate panel in Washington. Colonial’s approximately 5,500-mile pipeline, which runs from Texas to New Jersey and supplies major hubs across the southeastern United States, was taken offline last month by the company in response to a ransomware attack that’s been pinned on a cybercriminal group called DarkSide. After news of the situation broke, station outages climbed over 16,000, and gas prices surged. Colonial eventually restored its systems and brought its fuel conduit back online. Most stations now have gas, according to GasBuddy’s last outage update on June 1. DarkSide is a ransomware-for-hire service, which enables hackers to …