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May 12 2021
News
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack
The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
The disruption of Colonial Pipeline caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations.
Colonial initiated the restart of pipeline operations late Wednesday,
Associated PressMay 10 2021
News
Biden: ‘No evidence’ Russia hacked Colonial Pipeline, but Putin needs to act
President Biden on Monday said there’s “no evidence” that the Russian government is behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack, but that it has a responsibility to respond because the suspected perpetrators are Russian.
Biden noted in his first remarks on the devastating oil pipeline hack that he plans to meet next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first overseas trip
New York Post (News)May 11 2021
News
Colonial Pipeline
“The biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline will not resume full operations for several more days due to a ransomware cyberattack… The FBI attributed the cyberattack to DarkSide, a group believed to be based in Russia or Eastern Europe.” (Reuters)
On Monday, President Joe Biden stated, “So far, there is no evidence based on — from our intelligence people that Russia is involved. Although there
The Flip SideJun 08 2021
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How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back
The Department of Justice on Monday touted the recovery of $2.3 million — about half — of the ransom that was collected by hackers in the Colonial Pipeline attack last month. Experts say it was a surprising outcome to an increasingly frequent and severe crime.
"Ransomware is very seldom recovered," said April Falcon Doss, executive director of the Institute for Technology Law and Policy
NPR (Online News)May 15 2021
Fact Check
Posts draw misleading comparison between Colonial Pipeline hack and unfounded election fraud claims
The claim: Colonial Pipeline hack proves election infrastructure could have been hacked Communities along the East Coast continue to face gas shortages after the Colonial Pipeline Co. fell victim to a cybersecurity attack.
Social media users are using the breach to resurrect unfounded claims about election fraud.
“If you can hack a pipeline, you can hack a voting machine,” claims
USA TODAYMay 10 2021
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Concerns mount over Biden's new cybersecurity executive order following Colonial Pipeline hack
Senior government officials are privately sounding the alarm over a new cybersecurity executive order President Joe Biden is poised to sign.
Biden vowed in April to take steps toward securing U.S. cyber-infrastructure and preventing future security breaches like the 2020 SolarWinds hack. The New York Times reported Sunday night, however, that some officials and lawmakers involved in the
Washington ExaminerApr 23 2024
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The Particular Brutality of Colonial Wars
Even the most well-read World War II enthusiast is likely unaware of one major military operation that happened in 1945. It involved Royal Air Force bombers, 24 Sherman tanks, and 36,000 troops—some of them British, the rest Indian and Nepalese Gurkhas under British command. More than 600 of these soldiers died, including a British brigadier general. Despite the year, the fighting happened
The AtlanticMay 11 2021
Headline Roundup
Southeast Hit by Gas Shortages After Colonial Pipeline Hack
Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina are implementing emergency measures to quell potential gasoline shortages after a cyberattack prompted a major pipeline to shutdown over the weekend. The Colonial Pipeline announced Saturday that operations would temporarily shut down following the ransomware attack. The pipeline delivers roughly 45% of all of fuel consumed along the east coast, and
National Review (News) The Hill CNN (Online News)May 10 2021
News
FBI names 'Darkside' as Colonial Pipeline cyberattacker
The FBI said Monday that the ransomware gang known as "Darkside" was the group responsible for the attack over the weekend that forced the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline networks responsible for carrying gasoline from Texas to the Northeast.
Fox News (Online News)May 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
Pipeline Hack Leads to Gas Shortages Across the Southeast
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Gas stations were dry across the southeastern United States this week following a ransomware attack that shut down one of the east coast's main gasoline pipelines. The Colonial Pipeline shut down operations Saturday after the hack; it delivers roughly 45% of all of fuel consumed along the east coast. Stations
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