FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J. A major pipeline that transports fuels along the East Coast says it had to stop operations because it was the victim of a cyberattack. Colonial Pipeline said in a statement late Friday that it “took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.
However, a person close to the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity identified the ransomware gang responsible as DarkSide. It has been active since August and, typical of the most potent ransomware gangs, is known to avoid targeting organizations in former Soviet bloc nations. “Unfortunately, these sorts of attacks are becoming more frequent,” she said on CBS’ “Face the Nation. ”We have to work in partnership with business to secure networks to defend ourselves against these attacks.”“Its an all-hands-on-deck effort right now,” Raimondo said. “And we are working closely with the company, state and local officials to make sure that they get back up to normal operations as quickly as possible and there aren’t disruptions in supply.
Ed Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber, said Colonial was lucky its attacker was at least ostensibly motivated only by profit, not geopolitics. State-backed hackers bent on more serious destruction use the same intrusion methods as ransomware gangs. Average ransoms paid in the U.S. jumped nearly threefold to more than $310,000 last year. The average downtime for victims of ransomware attacks is 21 days, according to the firm Coveware, which helps victims respond.
America sleeps through most of its wake up calls and never makes it to work. Instead of locking up smart hackers, employ them to fight back.
Don't expect any answers from gubment. Gubment been talking about infrastructure since Barry Hussein in 2009.
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I used to think Solarwinds was so cool because of all the cute sayings on stickers they gave out until the breech. Ironic the wording on this one.. Did their goof lead to the pipeline attack?
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What’s Biden doing about this, besides hiding in the basement
Isn't this the same pipeline that has been leaking since August 2020 and still leaking? Last est was over a million gallons plus.
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Great, I suppose we will be paying even more gas now.
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Whoa man that's one helluva big pipe
Show some balls and bury Nord Stream 2!
That is incorrect. The worst cyber attack against US infrastructure happened on November 3rd and 4th. Fake News trying to distract from what's currently happen on this front. Wake up.
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