Hackers stopped the largest pipeline in the United States

Pipeline shutdown could hit US gasoline prices

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The hacker attack temporarily suspended all operations related to the Colonial Pipeline pipeline.

Hackers attacked the American company Colonial Pipeline, which operates the country’s largest gas pipeline, according to website companies.

“On Friday, May 7, Colonial Pipeline Company found out that it was the victim of a cyber attack. We later determined that the incident was related to ransomware. In response, we preemptively put some systems offline to limit the threat. The attack temporarily suspended all operations related to the pipeline, and affected some of our information systems, “- said in the message.

Note that the company supplies about 45% of all fuel on the US East Coast.

Colonial Pipeline hired a cybersecurity company to investigate the nature and extent of the attack and reported it to law enforcement and federal agencies. The company said it is “working hard to address this issue and minimize problems for customers and those who rely on the Colonial Pipeline.”

Experts warn that a prolonged shutdown of the pipeline in five to six days may lead to a shortage of fuel and a jump in gasoline prices, and problems may arise with refueling planes at large airports.

As writes BloombergThe Colonial Pipeline has fallen prey to the DarkSide ransomware virus.

The DarkSide group operates on a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme, advertising its virus on the darknet. It is used for attacks mainly on large corporate networks. He encrypts the data and then demands a ransom from the affected companies. If victims refuse to pay, DarkSide members post their stolen data on their site on the darknet.

We will remind, recently in the United States announced the involvement of Russia in hacking American government networks.

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