FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
(Reuters) - Shares in cybersecurity technology provider FireEye Inc were up 4.6% on Monday after top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline had to shut its entire network due to a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware.
Cybersecurity industry sources told Reuters that FireEye was brought in to respond to the attack, which was one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported. FireEye declined to comment.
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