Former Cybersecurity Director Colonial Pipeline Hack Is A National Security Threat

Fbi Confirms Darkside As Colonial Pipeline Hacker The New York Times On may 7, 2021, a ransomware attack on colonial pipeline captured headlines around the world with pictures of snaking lines of cars at gas stations across the eastern seaboard and panicked americans filling bags with fuel, fearful of not being able to get to work or get their kids to school. Russian cyber criminal gang darkside claims responsibility for shutting down colonial pipeline. chris krebs, former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, joins.

Fbi Confirms Darkside As Colonial Pipeline Hacker The New York Times Two years have passed since the notorious colonial pipeline hack, an incident that plunged the nation into a state of emergency, causing fuel disruptions in airlines and commercial sectors, and triggering panic buying among consumers leading to a sharp rise in gas prices. A ransomware sortie on colonial pipeline forced its owners to shut down operations and leave half the country’s east coast in a lurch for refined oil. Eric goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity for the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency said that the colonial pipeline hack was a “clarion call” to companies that might not have viewed hacking as a critical business risk. Threat actors linked to the darkside ransomware organization had gained access to an outdated vpn account. the compromise, leveraged to encrypt data on the company’s systems, left colonial’s massive operational technology (ot) network, including a 5,500 mile pipeline, at risk of remote takeover.

Colonial Pipeline Us Recovers Millions In Cryptocurrency Paid To Eric goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity for the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency said that the colonial pipeline hack was a “clarion call” to companies that might not have viewed hacking as a critical business risk. Threat actors linked to the darkside ransomware organization had gained access to an outdated vpn account. the compromise, leveraged to encrypt data on the company’s systems, left colonial’s massive operational technology (ot) network, including a 5,500 mile pipeline, at risk of remote takeover. · u.s. national cyber defense is split between the department of defense and the department of homeland security, which leaves gaps in authority. the ransomware attack on colonial pipeline on. The colonial pipeline attack underscored the critical need for proactive and robust cybersecurity practices in sectors deemed vital to national security, public safety, and economic stability. Russian cyber criminal gang darkside claims responsibility for shutting down colonial pipeline. chris krebs, former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, joins. Colonial pipeline co., which operates 5,500 miles of pipeline that delivers 45% of gas and jet fuel to the east coast of the u.s., was shut down on may 7 by an organization now identified as the ransomware group darkside.

Colonial Pipeline Hacker Darkside Says It Will Shut Operations Wsj · u.s. national cyber defense is split between the department of defense and the department of homeland security, which leaves gaps in authority. the ransomware attack on colonial pipeline on. The colonial pipeline attack underscored the critical need for proactive and robust cybersecurity practices in sectors deemed vital to national security, public safety, and economic stability. Russian cyber criminal gang darkside claims responsibility for shutting down colonial pipeline. chris krebs, former director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, joins. Colonial pipeline co., which operates 5,500 miles of pipeline that delivers 45% of gas and jet fuel to the east coast of the u.s., was shut down on may 7 by an organization now identified as the ransomware group darkside.