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Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack
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- Title
- Biden declares state of emergency over fuel cyber-attack
- Published
- May 10 2021
- Word count
- 965 words
Just filled the tank up and I'm hoping I don't have to drive anywhere more than 5 miles for the next month or so :/
From the Wired article that @ImmobileVoyager linked:
Obviously I'm not privy to the inner workings or decision making processes of these companies. But if you control just about half of the supply of oil to the eastern seaboard, you need to be on your A game. Having unsecured public facing devices is asking for trouble. I understand there's the integration and efficiency aspect as well, but I would have expected such a keystone of daily life to be, well, a little more on the ball. Just my 2 cents as an internet armchair critic.
Very few corporations have realized that computing has moved from the fringes of cost centers to being a core profit center.
is indeed the level of attention that computing gets at executive level in brick-and-mortar companies.
Colonial sells pipes, not softwares, right ? Wrong.
Nowadays, every biped is an internet-facing device.
Wanting to know more, I searched and found this and that :
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/business/energy-environment/colonial-pipeline-shutdown-gasoline.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack-485984
https://www.wired.com/story/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-attack/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/05/09/cyberattacks-infrastructure-colonial-pipeline-biden-official-warns/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/cyber-attack-colonial-pipeline/
Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
Update:
Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after ransomware prompted closure
Krebs on Security:
A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang