CNBC: Ransomware attack forces shutdown of largest fuel pipeline in the U.S.
* Colonial Pipeline fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on Friday that involved ransomware, forcing it to temporarily shut down all pipeline operations.
* Colonial transports nearly half of the East Coast’s fuel supply through a system that spans over 5,500 miles between Texas and New Jersey.
* The pipeline transports gasoline, diesel, home heating oil and jet fuel. It also supplies the military.
* Colonial said it has contacted law enforcement and other federal agencies and is working to restore service.
* President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident Saturday morning, according to the White House.
The operator of the country’s largest fuel pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on Friday that involved ransomware, forcing it to temporarily shut down all pipeline operations, the company said in a statement on Saturday.
The firm has hired a third-party cybersecurity firm to launch a probe into the incident and has contacted law enforcement and other federal agencies.
The cyberattack has affected some of its IT systems too. Colonial Pipeline, which transports nearly half of the East Coast’s fuel supply, said it is “taking steps to understand and resolve this issue.”
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WNU Editor: No mention on how much this ransomware group wants, but what a wake-up call for Colonial Pipeline and their inadequate network security.
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2 comments:
I think the whole country is vulnerable to such incidents. We're too used to plastic with it's near instant response.
This is a dry run. If the proper malware combined with the sabotage of the correct number and location of critical transfer stations were to occur, you could have a total blackout of the contiguous United States for up to a year.
I don't need to spell out what that means.
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