NEW YORK — The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried ... It was hit by what Colonial called a ransomware attack, in which hackers typically ...

The Colonial Pipeline carries 45% of the US east coast's supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel - 2.5 million barrels a day. The operator took itself offline on Friday, after the cyber-attack ...

The Colonial Pipeline is among the US's largest and ... to 3rd spot in 2020 among industries most frequently attacked by cyber-attacks. According to the analysis, the energy sector would ...

The Darkside ransomware gang broke into Colonial Pipeline through an inactive ... Founder and CEO Rob Lee to consult on cyber defense and ward off future attacks. “I can confirm that they ...

Before that, it was Colonial Pipeline ... because it helped get the pipeline back online. Of course, the next CEO facing an attack can and will say the same thing — my organization is essential ...

Department of Justice says it recovered 63.5 bitcoin paid by Colonial Pipelines after ... costs and the consequences of ransomware attacks and other cyber-enabled attacks,” Deputy Attorney ...

The Russian authorities are unlikely to be behind the hacker attacks on Colonial Pipeline, Yevgeny Kaspersky ... some kind of agreement in the field of cyber security could be reached.