Colonial Pipeline CEO ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Impact of Pipeline Attack

Joseph Blount, Colonial Pipeline's president and CEO, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2021. Graeme Jennings/Pool via Reuters

Colonial Pipeline’s CEO on Tuesday apologized for the impact that a cyberattack had on the American public.

“We are deeply sorry for the impact that this attack had but we were also heartened by the resilience of our country and of our company,” Colonial Pipeline President and CEO Joseph Blount told members of a Senate panel in Washington.