Anonymous Remailer (austria)
2021-05-09 13:13:10 UTC
Poster note.
For several years, they have been migrating off HP Bladecenters
to Nutanix. Environment is ESXi, mixed bag of RHEL, Oracle,
Solaris and CentOS servers.
The victimized client OS? Apple, multiple products.
Compatibility
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip.
Again Apple products and users prove to be the weakest link in
the food chain.
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If you live on the East Coast and see fuel prices go up soon,
theres a good chance its because of the cyberattack that
forced the Colonial pipeline, the countrys largest refined
products pipeline, to shut down. There is currently no
indication of when it will start back up again.
Operators of the Colonial pipelinea 5,500-mile system that
takes fuel from refineries in Houston, Texas to the New York
harborhave shut down the entire system because of the
cyberattack, which officials revealed to be ransomware on
Saturday. Hackers that use ransomware, a type of malware,
encrypt a victims files and demand a ransom payment in order to
restore access.
According to NBC News, the pipeline, which is owned by a company
of the same name, transports 2.5 million barrels of gas, diesel,
jet fuel, and other refined products per day.
Colonial Pipeline (the company), which is controlled by
companies including Koch Industries and Royal Dutch Shell,
affirms its responsible for transporting 45% of the East
Coasts fuel supply alone, the outlet stated. In a statement on
its website on Saturday, the company affirmed that it had
engaged a leading third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate
the incident. The Wall Street Journal reported that the
cybersecurity company FireEye is investigating the attack.
Colonial Pipeline said that after it determined that the
cyberattack involved ransomware, it proactively took certain
systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily
halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT
systems.
The company has contacted law enforcement and other federal
agencies, it said in the statement.
In the Journal report, two people familiar with the
investigation stated that the attack appeared to be limited to
Colonial Pipelines information systems. It seemed like it
hadnt affected its operational control systems, they said,
adding that the inspection was still in its early stages.
This isnt the first time the Colonial pipeline has made
headlines in recent months. Earlier this year, the company
revealed that a spill in North Carolina last August led to a
leak of 1.2 million gallons of gasoline, the biggest spill since
1997. Initially, the company stated that only 63,000 gallons had
been leaked, but that number steadily crept way up.
It is unclear when the pipeline will resume operations. Colonial
Pipeline stated it was taking steps to understand and resolve
the issue.
At this time, our primary focus is the safe and efficient
restoration of our service and our efforts to return to normal
operation, Colonial Pipeline said. This process is already
underway, and we are working diligently to address this matter
and to minimize disruption to our customers and those who rely
on Colonial Pipeline.
The federal government has recently been sounding the alarm
about the threat posed by ransomware attacks. On Wednesday,
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
stated that these attacks were on the rise and that targets
ranged from government agencies to small businesses. The threat
is real, Mayorkas said, and there is a risk to all of us.
Additionally, last month a Justice Department memo obtained by
CNN stated that the agency had created a new task force
dedicated to confronting and responding to ransomware threats.
As far as price increases go, Reuters points out that prices
arent expected to rise unless the closure lasts more than three
days. States in the southeastern part of the country would
likely see price jumps first. In 2016, for instance, a Colonial
system leak forced the line to shut down for more than 10 days,
driving prices up by more than 30 cents a gallon.
Update 5/8/2021, 11:18 p.m. ET: This post has been updated with
additional information provided by Colonial Pipeline.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/colonial-pipeline-the-largest-fuel-
pipeline-in-the-u-s-1846854104
For several years, they have been migrating off HP Bladecenters
to Nutanix. Environment is ESXi, mixed bag of RHEL, Oracle,
Solaris and CentOS servers.
The victimized client OS? Apple, multiple products.
Compatibility
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip.
Again Apple products and users prove to be the weakest link in
the food chain.
................................................................
..........
If you live on the East Coast and see fuel prices go up soon,
theres a good chance its because of the cyberattack that
forced the Colonial pipeline, the countrys largest refined
products pipeline, to shut down. There is currently no
indication of when it will start back up again.
Operators of the Colonial pipelinea 5,500-mile system that
takes fuel from refineries in Houston, Texas to the New York
harborhave shut down the entire system because of the
cyberattack, which officials revealed to be ransomware on
Saturday. Hackers that use ransomware, a type of malware,
encrypt a victims files and demand a ransom payment in order to
restore access.
According to NBC News, the pipeline, which is owned by a company
of the same name, transports 2.5 million barrels of gas, diesel,
jet fuel, and other refined products per day.
Colonial Pipeline (the company), which is controlled by
companies including Koch Industries and Royal Dutch Shell,
affirms its responsible for transporting 45% of the East
Coasts fuel supply alone, the outlet stated. In a statement on
its website on Saturday, the company affirmed that it had
engaged a leading third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate
the incident. The Wall Street Journal reported that the
cybersecurity company FireEye is investigating the attack.
Colonial Pipeline said that after it determined that the
cyberattack involved ransomware, it proactively took certain
systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily
halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT
systems.
The company has contacted law enforcement and other federal
agencies, it said in the statement.
In the Journal report, two people familiar with the
investigation stated that the attack appeared to be limited to
Colonial Pipelines information systems. It seemed like it
hadnt affected its operational control systems, they said,
adding that the inspection was still in its early stages.
This isnt the first time the Colonial pipeline has made
headlines in recent months. Earlier this year, the company
revealed that a spill in North Carolina last August led to a
leak of 1.2 million gallons of gasoline, the biggest spill since
1997. Initially, the company stated that only 63,000 gallons had
been leaked, but that number steadily crept way up.
It is unclear when the pipeline will resume operations. Colonial
Pipeline stated it was taking steps to understand and resolve
the issue.
At this time, our primary focus is the safe and efficient
restoration of our service and our efforts to return to normal
operation, Colonial Pipeline said. This process is already
underway, and we are working diligently to address this matter
and to minimize disruption to our customers and those who rely
on Colonial Pipeline.
The federal government has recently been sounding the alarm
about the threat posed by ransomware attacks. On Wednesday,
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
stated that these attacks were on the rise and that targets
ranged from government agencies to small businesses. The threat
is real, Mayorkas said, and there is a risk to all of us.
Additionally, last month a Justice Department memo obtained by
CNN stated that the agency had created a new task force
dedicated to confronting and responding to ransomware threats.
As far as price increases go, Reuters points out that prices
arent expected to rise unless the closure lasts more than three
days. States in the southeastern part of the country would
likely see price jumps first. In 2016, for instance, a Colonial
system leak forced the line to shut down for more than 10 days,
driving prices up by more than 30 cents a gallon.
Update 5/8/2021, 11:18 p.m. ET: This post has been updated with
additional information provided by Colonial Pipeline.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/colonial-pipeline-the-largest-fuel-
pipeline-in-the-u-s-1846854104