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WP:DELAY ignored[edit]

This article had been moved to Draft for Wikipedia:DELAY and Wikipedia:SENSATIONAL in order to let develop the article - unfortunately the creator moved it directly back to mainspace. CommanderWaterford (talk) 08:17, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Creator Comment - Just noting that on my talk page notice about it being made a draft, I was told to add more RS. So I got it up to 9 RS then moved it back. Elijahandskip (talk) 11:07, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The proper draft category should have been Criminal Acts.104.169.22.138 (talk) 13:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not confirming about ransom deleted[edit]

Declining to say whether they paid a ransom or not is standard practice; there is nothing encyclopedic about it. I removed it as including it amounts to undue weight; certainly at this stage. Friendly regards and respect to all,Springnuts (talk) 15:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Standard US government practice is saying that ransomware victims should not pay.^[1] Standard capitalist practice is to only spend money if not spending would hurt more. The implied encyclopedic fact of the ~~denial~~declinal (i.e. non-denial) on 8 May was that it "frequently suggests that a company is considering doing so, or has already paid".^[2] Rumour reliably secondary-sourced to Bloomberg today has it that $5 million was paid.^[1] Wakari07 (talk) 21:11, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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^ ^a ^b Lefebvre, Ben (13 May 2021). "Biden implores drivers 'don't panic' as Colonial Pipeline ramps up deliveries". Politico. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ Sanger, David; Krauss, Clifford; Perlroth, Nicole (8 May 2021). "Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline". New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

Total economic cost[edit]

When the total economic cost of this attack is known, the article should mention it. Thanks 142.184.189.65 (talk) 16:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistency in ransom price[edit]

Though the number of bitcoin being demanded is consistent (75), the assigned value varies between the Introduction and the Impact section - the first says $4.4m, the second says $5m. Obviously the price of BTC is variable but that seems like a big difference across only a couple of paragraphs.

On May 7 BTC was $55,824 [1] which would make 75 BTC = $4.186m. Perhaps someone else has ideas on how to resolve this?Thisischarlesarthur (talk) 11:55, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[politico-1] Lefebvre, Ben (13 May 2021). "Biden implores drivers 'don't panic' as Colonial Pipeline ramps up deliveries". Politico. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[nyt-2] Sanger, David; Krauss, Clifford; Perlroth, Nicole (8 May 2021). "Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline". New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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