An easy to understand guide from a cyber security/computer info systems major
The Colonial Pipeline Hack
On May 7, 2021 Colonial Pipeline Company had its systems hacked.
Essentially, they went offline, waited for an arguably long time to contact federal agencies, and released a public statement that they were the victims of ransomware by bad actors from Darkside (members of a cybercriminal group). Ransomware is when a company’s digital property is encrypted (made unreadable) until a monetary demand is met. BTC (Bitcoin) is a cryptocurrency, or digital currency. It’s very popular with ransomware attacks because it can be very difficult to trace. Over the next two days they slowly began searching the nearby grounds and turning on the smaller systems. By Wednesday May 12, 2021 Colonial Pipeline Company was back up and running with pipeline ops.
Here’s where things get weird.
Did you notice none of their timeline provides information on how the systems were regained? Why wouldn’t they provide that information when such a serious event has taken place? Did you also notice I said there was too long of a time between…
