Cyber attack shuts down U.S. fuel pipeline ‘jugular,’ Biden briefed

[looper]

$90 million in illegally extracted wealth more than justifies some JDAMs, some renditions, and some 5.56 if you ask me. People are going to continue robbing us until they are made to feel like they might actually get dead doing it.

Gonna seriously tell me NSA can't find these people?

They are a little busy tracking down dangerous insurrectionists......

 

[jsx1043]

Umm, $90 mil...

That is what the gang is reported to have made, not just the pipeline ransom.

I believe it has something to do with the fact that it was $5M in Bitcoin, which evened out to $90M USD...

 

[KLB]

I believe it has something to do with the fact that it was $5M in Bitcoin, which evened out to $90M USD...

When they say $5M in Bitcoin, that means $5M worth of bitcoin. This is not the only company that has paid them a ransom.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[rooster]

Makes you wonder if someone cashing out 90 million in Bitcoin is enough to crash the price like we have seen the last week or so......

 

[IndyDave1776]

Makes you wonder if someone cashing out 90 million in Bitcoin is enough to crash the price like we have seen the last week or so......

I couldn't imagine they would set themselves out front by cashing out all at once.

 

[KLB]

It seems that they have lost access to a lot of their resources.

Darkside gang lost control of their servers and funds

Darkside gang lost control of their servers and funds

cybersecurityworldconference.com

DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized – Krebs on Security

krebsonsecurity.com

 

[rooster]

It seems that they have lost access to a lot of their resources.

Darkside gang lost control of their servers and funds

Darkside gang lost control of their servers and funds

cybersecurityworldconference.com

DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized – Krebs on Security

krebsonsecurity.com

I for one don’t believe it. Got all this media attention and someone issues a statement that basically amounts to
“We are out of the business and lost all our stolen money”

very convenient if you want to avoid anyone looking further into you

 

[KLB]

I for one don’t believe it. Got all this media attention and someone issues a statement that basically amounts to
“We are out of the business and lost all our stolen money”

very convenient if you want to avoid anyone looking further into you

I don't know. I've read about other groups that worked with them being upset about not getting paid by them. There is even a darkweb court where these groups can sue each other.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I don't know. I've read about other groups that worked with them being upset about not getting paid by them. There is even a darkweb court where these groups can sue each other.

The "People's Court" for crooks. I like it!

Maybe it is presided over by a holographic image of Judge Wapner.

 

[actaeon277]

Some people say, the price of giving in is cheaper.
But then.... you get MORE.

 

[d.kaufman]

Cyberattack hits world’s largest meat supplier

It might be days before production resumes after an “organized cybersecurity attack” affected IT systems in North America and Australia, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[KLB]

Some people say, the price of giving in is cheaper.
But then.... you get MORE.

That is an easy judgement to make when it is not your company being affected.

 

[actaeon277]

That is an easy judgement to make when it is not your company being affected.

Why would you assume steel mills aren't under cyber attacks?

 

[KLB]

Why would you assume steel mills aren't under cyber attacks?

All companies are under attack. If the mill had been hit by Ransomware like these companies were, you would be down. Even if they were, it wouldn't fall upon you to decide whether it is better to pay a multi-million dollar ransom or stay down for some undetermined amount of time. In some cases, the companies are so unprepared, that they are unable to recover without paying.

How much do you think the mill would lose a day if all operations were down? We are probably talking all locations, not just yours. A prepared company will probably be down for at least a week recovering from one of these attacks, probably more. Now estimate how much they stand to lose in total.

The key to fighting these guys is a lot of preparation. It requires rethinking the way IT has been run until now. Not easy things in a corporate environment.

 

[actaeon277]

I realize it wouldn't be up to me.
And they are very big on the preparation part, due to industrial espionage.
One might even call them paranoid.
Though I wouldn't call them that now.

 

[KLB]

I realize it wouldn't be up to me.
And they are very big on the preparation part, due to industrial espionage.
One might even call them paranoid.
Though I wouldn't call them that now.

Do you think that the guys at the pipeline thought the same thing?

 

[Cameramonkey]

And now expect beef prices to spike a bit as a major processor is hit. (hopefully not too much because THEY have backup systems to switch to)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/jbs-meat-cyberattack-1.6048942

 

[actaeon277]

Do you think that the guys at the pipeline thought the same thing?

What I think is..
When you pay for hostages, you get more hostages taken.
When you pay pirates, you get more pirates.
Either businesses need to join together similar to when they'd pay private police (but instead go after hackers), or start petitioning the .gov to get off its rump and fix it.
Hunt down a few.

Cause otherwise, we're gonna watch our nice complex luxurious system come crashing down.

 

[KLB]

What I think is..
When you pay for hostages, you get more hostages taken.
When you pay pirates, you get more pirates.
Either businesses need to join together similar to when they'd pay private police (but instead go after hackers), or start petitioning the .gov to get off its rump and fix it.
Hunt down a few.

Cause otherwise, we're gonna watch our nice complex luxurious system come crashing down.

And how do you do that when they are in Russia, China, Ukraine, etc?

 

[ghuns]

It's one thing to f**k with our fuel supply, but now they're f**kin with our BACON! This MUST stop.