Colonial Pipeline has resumed normal operations delivering millions of gallons per hour to its markets, as reported by USA Today on May 15, 2021. Earlier reports indicate they paid the ransom demand of 75 Bitcoin to recover stolen data — $3.7 million based on today’s exchange rate. The demand was made by the hacking group […]
The source of nearly half of the United States East Coast’s fuel supply shut down when Colonial Pipeline suffered a cyber-attack. Sources indicate that the top U.S. pipeline operator’s attack originated from a criminal group from Russia named “DarkSide,” reports CNN on Sunday, May 9, 2021. Colonial Pipeline shut down on Friday to contain the […]
According to a warning issued to healthcare providers from the FBI cyber criminals in the underground economy, more commonly referenced as the black market, are more interested in medical records than credit card numbers. Security experts say hackers are more interested in targeting the trillion-dollar U.S. healthcare industry than they are retailers. Recently, Chinese hackers […]
