the justice department flipping the script on criminal hackers, recovering millions of dollars in cryptocurrency that was paid after the colonial pipeline cyber attack. this ransomware attack last month caused severe gas shortages at stations on the east coast. the announcement comes with a warning for other companies to bolster their cybersecurity defense. we get more on all of this from cnn s alex marquardt. reporter: good morning, laura and christine. the department of justice has announced a rare win in the fight against ransomware attackers saying on monday that they were able to recover more than half of the ransom that was recently paid to hackers who are believed to be based in russia for their attack last month on the colonial pipeline. according to the deputy attorney general lisa monaco what they did the investigators is followed the money. after colonial was hit the company paid a reported $4.4 million in bitcoin to get their networks back on line. federal investigators t