Energy Department Leading White House Interagency Response to Pipeline Attack White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, left, security advisers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Anne Neuberger participate in a press briefing at the White House May 10. Evan Vucci/AP Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox.
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The White House has formed an interagency task force in response to a cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Company with the Energy Department at the helm, according to administration officials.
“The White House convened an interagency team that included the Department of Energy, which is the lead agency for incident response in this case, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, the FBI, the Department of Transportation Safety and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Defense and other agencies,” Deput
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By Grace Segers Cyber attack on U.S. pipeline
A cyberattack has prompted a company that operates a major energy pipeline in the U.S. to shut down operations.
The Colonial Pipeline Company said in a statement it learned on Friday that it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack, and so proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.
In an updated statement on Saturday afternoon it said it had determined that this incident involves ransomware.
In most ransomware attacks, criminal hackers seize data and demand a large payment to release it, although it s unclear what was taken or whether any demands were made.
Its four mainlines remain offline. Colonial said it s developing a restart plan, but provided no timetable as to when full service will be restored. We are in the process of restoring service to other laterals and will bring our full system back online only when we believe it is safe to do so, and in full compliance with the approval of all federal regulations, Colonial said in a statement.
The federal government is working to avoid supply disruptions after the company suspended operations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Sunday morning. This is what businesses now have to worry about, Raimondo said during an interview on CBS Face the Nation. Unfortunately, these sorts of attacks are becoming more frequent. They re here to stay.
Its four mainlines remain offline. Colonial said it s developing a restart plan, but provided no timetable as to when full service will be restored. We are in the process of restoring service to other laterals and will bring our full system back online only when we believe it is safe to do so, and in full compliance with the approval of all federal regulations, Colonial said in a statement.
The federal government is working to avoid supply disruptions after the company suspended operations, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Sunday morning. This is what businesses now have to worry about, Raimondo said during an interview on CBS Face the Nation. Unfortunately, these sorts of attacks are becoming more frequent. They re here to stay.