Colonial Pipeline paid the hackers who shut down some of its networks nearly $5 million in ransom, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said Thursday.
News of the payment was first reported by Bloomberg . The U.S. official did not say how or when the company paid.
Colonial, which operates the country's largest fuel pipeline, announced it had been hacked Friday, and shut down all four of its major pipelines that serve the Eastern and Southeastern United States as a precaution. Gas prices rose , and some stations ran out of fuel. The Department of Transportation issued an emergency order allowing truckers driving fuel in affected states to work longer hours than federal regulations normally allow.
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Microsoft's new security feature locks hackers out with GPS | ZDNet
Microsoft has devised new Azure Active Directory identity and access management capabilities that give organizations a better chance of fending off crafty techniques used by hackers to get around two-factor authentication.
The software giant is introducing a GPS-based named locations and filters to its Azure AD "Conditional Access" feature, which looks at a range of signals for authorized user access.
Microsoft Security General Manager Andrew Conway gave ZDNet a breakdown of the new GPS-based conditional access feature, which should help organizations lock down their most important business applications.
Hackers release personal info of 22 D.C. police officers
A ransomware gang that hacked Washington's Metropolitan Police Department published extensive profiles of 22 officers Tuesday as part of an extortion attempt.
The files on current and former police officers are detailed and include personal information such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, results of psychological assessments, copies of driver's licenses, fingerprints, polygraph test results, as well as residential, financial and marriage history. NBC News reached two officers whose profiles were published using the phone numbers listed in them and verified their identities.
Pipeline hackers say their aim is cash, not chaos | Reuters
The ransomware gang accused of crippling the leading U.S. fuel pipeline operator said on Monday that it never meant to create havoc, an unusual statement that experts saw as a sign the cybercriminals' scheme had gone awry.
A terse news release posted to DarkSide's website did not directly mention Colonial Pipeline but, under the heading "About the latest news," it noted that "our goal is to make money, and not creating problems for society."
The FBI, Department of Energy and White House have all been involved in a rapid response to the hack, and a server used by the gang was shut down over the weekend.
Expert: Hackers will continue cyber-attacks because 'it is profitable'
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- When Carson Winston walked up to the "chaos" at the three gas stations near the barbershop where he works, the master barber and instructor said he saw cars lined up down the road. He even saw one man trying to fill up a trash can with gasoline.
"He literally was like filling it up. I was like, 'what are you doing?' And he had a car, so I was like: how you going to get the trash can in the car?" Winston said. "You would've thought it was like a concert how many people were there [trying to get gas]. I was like what!?"
Did hackers steal records before ransomware attack?
Did hackers make off with private medical or financial information when they attacked Scripps Health on May 1, or did they just encrypt server contents and demand a ransom?
The dearth of details from the region's second-largest health care system, one that employed more than than 13,000 people and handled more than 1.3 million clinic visits in fiscal 2020, is trying the patience of patients who say they feel like they should at least know the extent of the damage by now.
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Happening on Twitter
BREAKING: No court has found ANY evidence the Colonial pipeline was hacked. Therefore it wasn't. ScottAdamsSays (from Pleasanton CA) Thu May 13 01:23:06 +0000 2021
Can someone please explain to me why Colonial Pipeline, which supplies almost half the fuel consumed on the East Co… https://t.co/iKeaNP9noj RBReich (from Berkeley, CA) Thu May 13 02:59:59 +0000 2021
The Colonial Pipeline incident is a sobering reminder that our nation faces sophisticated cyber threats. Today, P… https://t.co/YawvBu6XLY WhiteHouse (from United States of America) Thu May 13 01:31:42 +0000 2021
Join me as I give an update on the Colonial Pipeline incident. https://t.co/y3bWsnUnBp POTUS Thu May 13 16:26:32 +0000 2021
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