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Colonial Pipeline cyberattack

The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart a resource movement after a cyberattack six days ago. The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and that the physical resource supply was turned off in response to the attack. Furthermore, 100 gigabytes of Colonial Pipeline corporate data was stolen prior to the attack. The hacker group, DarkSide, attempts to distance itself from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying that it provides ransomware as a service, selling licenses to other criminals.

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Sources:  Bloomberg  Fox Business  Politico.eu  Reuters  Tom's Guide

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  1. The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart resource movement after a cyberattack on May 7. The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and the physical resource supply was turned off in response. Further, 100 GB of Colonial Pipeline corporate date was stolen prior to the attack. The hacker group, DarkSide, attempted to distance themselves from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying they provide ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), selling licenses to other criminals, and "affiliates are prohibited from targeting hospitals, schools, universities, non-profit organizations and public-sector entities".
  2. The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart a resource movement after a cyberattack six days ago. The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and that the physical resource supply was turned off in response to the attack. Furthermore, 100 gigabytes of Colonial Pipeline corporate data was stolen prior to the attack. The hacker group, DarkSide, attempts to distance itself from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying that it provides ransomware as a service, selling licenses to other criminals.

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