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Smile On Fridays secured coverage in CNBC for Red Canary<\/h3>\n
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The Colonial Pipeline hack was not the first domino to fall in a world-ending spate of sudden attacks on America\u2019s critical infrastructure, according to several cybersecurity experts.<\/p>\n

It was more likely the product of sloppy internal security practices and a textbook hack-and-pay gone wrong, they said.<\/p>\n

The FBI says<\/a>\u00a0that DarkSide, a group relatively new to the ransomware scene, is behind the attack. Signs point to this being a case of a bungled extortion plot, rather than the coordinated work of hackers intent on compromising America\u2019s energy grid.<\/p>\n

Whatever the motivation, the impact was real.<\/p>\n