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Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware.
The operator of a pipeline that transports fuel across the East Coast said Saturday it was the victim of a ransomware attack and temporarily halted all pipeline operations. Colonial Pipeline did ...
Colonial Pipeline reported that it shut down the pipeline as a precaution due to a concern that the hackers might have obtained information allowing them to carry out further attacks on vulnerable parts of the pipeline. The day after the attack, Colonial could not confirm at that time when the pipeline would resume normal functions. [7]
Image: colonial pipeline "Paying a ransom is often expensive, dangerous, and only refuels the attackers' capacity to continue their operations; bottom line, this equates to a proverbial pat on the ...
Colonial Pipeline said Wednesday that after it learned of the May 7 ransomware attack, the company took its pipeline system offline and needed to do everything in its power to restart it quickly ...
May.12 -- Wendi Whitmore, Palo Alto Networks' senior vice president , discusses the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline Company and its apparent lack of security infrastructure allowing hackers to ...
The largest U.S. fuel pipeline system, Colonial Pipeline, shut down on Friday after a cyber attack, prompting worries about a spike in gasoline and diesel prices ahead of the peak summer driving ...
It was patriotism that made Colonial Pipeline pay millions in ransom to hackers who gained control of a crucial conduit, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. CEO Joseph Blount admitted to paying $4 ...