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TBD | The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pipeline

TBD | The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pipeline

FromWhat Next | Daily News and Analysis


TBD | The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pipeline

FromWhat Next | Daily News and Analysis

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
May 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last week, a hacker group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Gas prices skyrocketed, people started hoarding gas, and DarkSide walked away with over $4 million in Bitcoin. How did they do it? And what makes this hack different from those we’ve seen before?

Guest: David Uberti, cybersecurity reporter at the Wall Street Journal
Host
Lizzie O’Leary
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Released:
May 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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