Talk:Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

WP:DELAY ignored
This article had been moved to Draft for DELAY and 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)
 * 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)
 * The proper draft category should have been Criminal Acts.104.169.22.138 (talk) 13:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Not confirming about ransom deleted
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)
 * Standard US government practice is saying that ransomware victims should not pay. 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". Rumour reliably secondary-sourced to Bloomberg today has it that $5 million was paid. Wakari07 (talk) 21:11, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Total economic cost
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)

Inconsistency in ransom price
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 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)