Colonial Pipeline CEO faces grilling about ransomware attack

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph A. Blount Jr. was grilled by lawmakers Tuesday about the ransomware attack his company that caused a run on the nation's gasoline supply.

The head of Colonial Pipeline faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about the ransomware attack on his company that caused a major disruption in the nation's fuel supply and a run on gas stations along the East Coast. Colonial CEO Joseph Blount's testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee comes a day after the Justice Department announced it had recovered millions in ransom the company had paid to hackers. The ransomware attack affected millions of Americans, Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., said to begin the hearing. "The next time and incident like this happens, unfortunately, it could be even worse. "I'm glad your company continues to recover from this malicious attack, and that the FBI was able to recover, millions of dollars in ransom paid, but I am alarmed that this breach ever occurred in the first place. and that communities from Texas to New York suffered as a result," Peters said.