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The attack that led Colonial Pipeline to shut down its 5,500-mile pipeline, causing fuel shortages throughout the southeastern U.S., underscored that the ballooning ransomware wave isnt just about money. Targeting the private businesses that run much of the economy also threatens national security.

Ransomware wreaking havoc worldwide – quietly The attack on Colonial Pipeline last week underscored that whats now a big business is also a national security threat. By Ellen Nakashima and Rachel LermanThe Washington Post Share The hacker ring’s ransom note appeared on the company’s computer screens this past Monday. “Your computers and servers are encrypted, backups are deleted,” it said. “We use strong encryption algorithms, so you cannot decrypt your data.” But, the extortio...

LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Business Insider Last week ransomware hackers caused the shutdown of a 5,000-mile gas pipeline on the East Coast. Experts say that is the biggest real-world impact of ransomware felt by the general public.  Economics – from gas lines to cybersecurity ratings for...

US pipeline hit by hackers says fully back to normal Updated / Saturday, 15 May 2021 17:26 Colonial Pipeline has now announced the full return to normal The US pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack has said it has returned to fully "normal operations," easing concerns but not immediately ending gas shortages affecting many eastern states. Colonial Pipeline had announced late Thursday that its system was back up and running but said it might take days for the supply delivery chain to ret...

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DarkSide ransomware servers reportedly seized, REvil restricts targets By The DarkSide ransomware operation has allegedly shut down after the threat actors lost access to servers and their cryptocurrency was transferred to an unknown wallet. This news was shared by a threat actor known as UNKN, the public-facing representative of the rival REvil ransomware gang, in a forum post first discovered by Recorded Future researcher Dmitry Smilyanets on the Exploit hacking forum. In the post, Unkn s...

Servers Of Colonial Pipeline Hacker Darkside Forced Down: Security Firm 05/14/21 AT 10:54 AM Servers for Darkside were taken down by unknown actors Friday, a week after the cyber extortionist forced the shutdown of a large US oil pipeline in a ransomware scam, a US cyber security firm said. Recorded Future, the security firm, said in a post that the allegedly Russia-based Darkside had admitted in a web post that it lost access to certain servers used for its web blog and for payments. Accessed ...

The operator of the ransomware group Darkside said on Friday it had lost control of its servers and some of the money it had made through ransom payments

(Credit: Pixabay) DarkSide, the ransomware group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack, has apparently lost access to its website and servers.   On Thursday, the operator of DarkSide wrote in a Russian forum about losing access to the group’s “public infrastructure,” according to cybersecurity company Recorded Future, which spotted the forum post.  Lost assets include the groups blog, which has been down since Thursday, and its payment server, which has been receiving cryptocurrency fund...

US Pipeline Hacker Darkside Shut Down By Paul HANDLEY 05/14/21 AT 5:08 PM Russia-based cyber-extortionist Darkside appeared out of business Friday after unknown actors shut down the servers of the group, which had forced the closure of a large US oil pipeline in a multi-million dollar ransomware scam. US cyber security firm Recorded Future said that Darkside had admitted in a web post that it lost access to certain servers used for its web blog and for payments. Recorded Future threat intel...