FBI names pipeline cyberattackers

By Eric Tucker, Cathy Bussewitz and Alan Suderman
Updated May 11 2021 - 7:59am, first published 7:53am
A group calling itself DarkSide is the prime suspect in an extortion bid against Colonial Pipeline.
A group calling itself DarkSide is the prime suspect in an extortion bid against Colonial Pipeline.

The operator of a major US fuel pipeline hit by a cyberattack says it hopes to have services mostly restored by the end of the week as the FBI and administration officials identified the culprits as a gang of criminal hackers.

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