Monday, May 10, 2021

We now know who cyberattacked the pipeline supplying the East Coast with 45% of its fuel supply

Breanna Kraemer reports in Just the News,
The FBI confirmed Monday the Russia-based criminal operation DarkSide is responsible for the recent cyberattack that has shut down the Colonial Pipeline that supplies the East Coast with 45% of its fuel supply.
...The corporate pipeline typically carries over 100 million gallons of oil from Texas to the Northeast everyday, but since Friday the service has been inoperable.
The cyber attacks by DarkSide paralyze company networks and are followed by a demanding a large ransom in exchange for undoing the damage.
Read more here: https://justthenews.com/government/security/pipeline-cyberattack-linked-extortion-criminal-group

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