Colonial Pipeline Allegedly Pays Off the $5 Million Ransom May 14, 2021 05:47 GMT
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Colonial Pipeline paid ransom
A source familiar with CNBC s confirmed the situation. Colonial Pipeline supposedly paid a ransom to hackers after the company became the victim of a large-scale cyberattack.
According to a US official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to NBC News, Colonial paid off the $5 waiver.
So far, it is not entirely clear, whether the transaction took place. Bloomberg reported the ransom payment for the first time. Moreover, president Joe Biden refused to comment, when asked whether the colonial pipeline was paying the rescue on Thursday.
Biden: get vaccinated or wear a mask
Anyone who is fully vaccinated in the United States can now participate in indoor and outdoor activities without wearing a mask or physical distancing, president Joe Biden announced on Thursday. Speaking from the Rose Garden in The White House, the president said it was a “great day for America” after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the new advice. “The rule is now simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. The choice is yours,” he said. In an earlier briefing, CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said: “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.” Meanwhile, as Pfizer s vaccine has now been approved for children aged 12 to 15, the president of the American Federation of Teachers has called for schools throughout the US to reopen fully in the autumn. The Washington Post, NBC, The New York Times and the BBC have more
Israel and Hamas militants exchange fire, leaving dozens dead
After an Israeli airstrike destroyed a tower in Gaza, Hamas militants responded by launching rockets towards Tel Aviv in the worst outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in several years.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the campaign against militants in Gaza will take time
Violent clashes between the Israeli military and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza continued on Tuesday following days of rising tensions in Jerusalem.
Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, including children, while several rockets fired by Hamas breached Israel s air defense system, killing three civilians.
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North Korea branded US diplomacy ‘spurious’ today, dismissing the idea of talks with Washington. Picture by Hari Anggara
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WASHINGTON, May 2 North Korea branded US diplomacy “spurious” today, dismissing the idea of talks with Washington a day after the Biden administration said it was open to diplomatic negotiations on denuclearisation, state media reported.
Diplomacy was a “spurious signboard” for the United States to “cover up its hostile acts,” the North Korean foreign ministry said in a statement run by the KCNA news agency.