That's a huge amount of money! I've heard of the hacking the pipeline story, but I thought they sorted it out on their own. Of course, it's not okay to just hack companies to get a bunch of money, and it's technically a crime, but then again, I don't support the usage of petroleum which the pipeline systems helps to distribute, so I don't feel particularly sympathetic towards the company either. The hacking group says it's apolitical, so it wasn't some act of protest against huge corporations and ignoring the ecological problems, so that's a bit disappointing. In any case, I don't think it's good that these hackers requested the payment in BTC because I'm sure this publicity will be used against cryptos' reputation.