So, who really paid the $5 million ransom to "Dark Side?"

The company paid the ransom in “untraceable cryptocurrency,” according to the outlet, and the Biden administration was aware that the company intended to pay the $5 million to hackers the White House suggested, Wednesday, could be Russian or affiliated with Russia. The group, which admitted they were responsible for locking up Colonial Pipeline’s servers on Monday, claims they are not affiliated with any government and that their motivation is primarily financial, not political.

Media outlets insisted, earlier this week, that Colonial Pipeline had no intention of paying the nearly $5 million that DarkSide demanded to release the clogged server. Fox Business reported Wednesday that “the pipeline operator refused to pay, enlisting help from the Department of Energy, as well as federal, state and local authorities instead.”