As the hacking group DarkSide forces US' Colonial Pipeline to pay $5 million to recover its stolen data and to resume the supply of gas on the Atlantic Coast, Shekhar Gupta explains how this reflects a new manifestation of cyber warfare and how do these groups function, in episode 747 of #CutTheClutter. Additional research by Saamiya Laroia and Tenzin Zompa----more----Read Pia Krishnankutty's explainer on how cyberattack on major US pipeline has become a diplomatic issue between US and Russia here: https://theprint.in/theprint-essential/how-cyberattack-on-major-us-pipeline-has-become-a-diplomatic-issue-between-us-and-russia/656384/ ----more----Read about other ransomware attacks in the United States here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/dc-police-hack.html?searchResultPosition=1 ----more----Watch CutTheClutter episode 694 on Chinese cyber-attacks and Mumbai blackout here: https://youtu.be/5_S7JxHwDdg