The repercussions of last year's hack of the Colonial Pipeline have not ended for the company in charge of the US' largest refined-oil pipeline system, who are now facing a $986,400 civil penalty from the US Department of Transportation.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which operates under the US DOT, conducted an inspection of Colonial Pipeline's risk mitigation efforts and procedures and found that, according to a press release on their website, a "probable failure to adequately plan and prepare for manual shutdown and restart of its pipeline system.

Twitter has come under fire, to the tune of $150 Million, by the Federal Trade Commission after it was revealed that the social media site had been allowing data collected for two-factor authentication to be used by advertisers to target advertisements.

At this year's annual Boston Conference on Cyber Security, held at BC the first week of June, FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed that the FBI was able to stop a planned cyber-attack on Boston Children's Hospital by an Iranian-state-sponsored hacking group.