Colonial Pipeline Special Report Day Two: FBI Confirms DarkSide as Attackers, Biden Says Russia Has Some Responsibility to 'Deal With This'
DarkSide gang issues taunting/apologetic/fearful message, Exfiltration of data from Colonial thwarted, Companies disrupted attack by taking out servers, Gas shortages reported, more
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware bombshell has continued to engulf the cybersecurity world as the shutdown of the U.S. East Coast’s major supplier of oil and gas enters its fifth day. It’s a bad omen that the website for Colonial (colpipe.com) has been inaccessible for hours, with visitors receiving 502 and 504 error messages.
Among the developments yesterday:
The FBI confirmed that the DarkSide ransomware group, an Eastern European gang operating with the tacit permission of Russia, is the source of the attack.
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