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Colonial Pipeline gave in: $5,000,000 paid to ransomware hackers
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:05 am
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:05 am
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Colonial Pipeline paid the hackers who shut down some of its networks nearly $5 million in ransom, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Colonial, which operates the country’s largest fuel pipeline, announced it had been hacked Friday, and shut down all four of its major pipelines that serve the Eastern and Southeastern United States as a precaution. Gas prices rose, and some stations ran out of fuel. The Department of Transportation issued an emergency order allowing truckers driving fuel in affected states to work longer hours than federal regulations normally allow.
A third-party consulting company that now handles Colonial’s press inquiries declined to comment on the payment.
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The FBI has historically discouraged, but not prohibited, American ransomware victims from paying hackers, as a payment isn’t guaranteed to work and can encourage criminals to continue attacking others. In a press conference Monday, Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, acknowledged that some organizations might find paying the criminals off can be in their best interest.
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Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:06 am to 0x15E
I thought we had the FBI to handle shite like this?
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:06 am to 0x15E
Cowards
How did they guarantee the hackers weren't pulling a Nigerian prince scheme and would fix the code after payment?
How did they guarantee the hackers weren't pulling a Nigerian prince scheme and would fix the code after payment?
This post was edited on 5/14/21 at 9:28 am
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:07 am to dewster
My guess is this outfit is a group the FBI and CIA are using for their own purposes.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:07 am to dewster
They’re more interested in getting bamboozled by tPear
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:07 am to 0x15E
blow up the us government and start from scratch if we cant even handle a situation like this
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to S
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They’re more interested in getting bamboozled by tPear
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to dewster
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I thought we had the FBI to handle shite like this?
Sorry they're busy breaking up a 3 person white supremacy ring in Idaho and arresting selfie takers from the Cap invasion.
They don't have time for national infrastructure threats or to monitor known terrorist threats
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to dewster
They're too busy busting grandma for walking around the Capitol and trying to take down Rudy Giuliani.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to 0x15E
Not only that, but they paid them in Bitcoin which makes it that much harder to investigate/trace.
I suspect hackers/scammers/other ne'er do wells across the globe are dancing a little jig today.
I suspect hackers/scammers/other ne'er do wells across the globe are dancing a little jig today.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to 0x15E
fricking moron Biden won’t even sniff (see what I did there?) this case. “Private sector issue”
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:09 am to dewster
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I thought we had the FBI to handle shite like this?
Spoiler Alert...
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:09 am to Bunk Moreland
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They're too busy busting grandma for walking around the Capitol and trying to take down Rudy Giuliani.
Probably have a bunch evidence to doctor up for the next FISA warrant.
Or maybe even working on a carefully planned leak to Yahoo News again.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:09 am to 0x15E
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Colonial Pipeline gave in: $5,000,000 paid to ransomware hackers
Im not saying they should have, but that's like me pulling a $5 bill out of my wallet
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:09 am to S
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They’re more interested in getting bamboozled by tPear
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:10 am to 0x15E
A lot, maybe half, of ransomware victims pay the ransom.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:10 am to Ajo Devil
Cyber crime pays.
The issue here is offline backups of critical systems. The power industry is heavily regulated (NERC/NRC) to insure they are protected from these attacks. Not sure who regulates pipelines though if at all.
The issue here is offline backups of critical systems. The power industry is heavily regulated (NERC/NRC) to insure they are protected from these attacks. Not sure who regulates pipelines though if at all.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:10 am to 0x15E
Time for a little old school CIA rub out action.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:11 am to GetCocky11
They know who to attack and who not to.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:11 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Im not saying they should have, but that's like me pulling a $5 bill out of my wallet
And making it far more lucrative for hackers now knowing these companies will pay up.
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