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The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from the Russia-based hacker group is believed to …

The operator of a critical US pipeline that provides the East Coast of the country with nearly half of its gasoline and jet fuel reportedly shelled out $5 million ransom to hackers, clearing the way for the pipeline to function normally again. According to reports in the US media, Colonial …