Americans say it was a bad decision for Colonial Pipeline to pay hackers $5 million in order to regain access to its systems

Last week, a group of hackers shut down the Colonial Pipeline with a ransomware attack, causing a gas shortage across the southeastern United States. The Colonial Pipeline Company says it paid the hackers $5 million to get the pipeline running again. Do you think paying the ransom was... (%)

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Source: The Economist / YouGov | May 15 - 18, 2021 | Get the data