Ransomware attack claims against Colonial Pipeline linked to third-party breach

Major U.S. pipeline system Colonial Pipeline has denied having its systems or operations affected by a ransomware attack claimed by the RansomedVC operation, saying that stolen files exposed by the ransomware group were from an unrelated third-party data breach, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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