did they pay the ransom???No one believes the actual pipeline ops wasn’t hacked after being down for a week.
I saw they have a job opening for a Cybersecurity Manager posted for about a month. First question is what happened to the old CSM and has the FBI talked to them yet?
That’s gotta disappoint the energy sec. she was so happy for a day. Frightening too, one can imagine.
Stop The Crap On Colonial
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=242356
Let’s start with the stupid: Yes, what they did, assuming the reports are accurate, was stupid.
You do not connect anything that has access to SCADA, that is, control systems, to the Internet. Period. I don’t care how. I don’t why. I don’t care what. You don’t do it. End of discussion.
Oh, but that means the employees can’t work from home! Correct.
Sit in office, work on machine, machine has zero external connectivity, no USB ports or instantly alarms if you plug something into one, etc.
Connections between facilities are encrypted over centrally-controlled infrastructure with regular audits. Nothing beyond the orbit of those devices connects to the sane and sanitary systems. Period, end of discussion, no exceptions.
Next, there are rumors that Colonial had a leak in their line and it was spewing fuel into the environment. It was allegedly supposed to be fixed by a given date. More than one million gallons of gas spewed out of it. Eight months later it was still not corrected. That was on April 19th of this year.
So what’s going on here?
[more at link]
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=242356
“A CNN source said the affiliate in this attack was likely Russian.”
An anonymous CNN source.
Now there’s a firm foundation to set foreign policy and start a war!
What was it Hearst said? “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”
CNN may not be able to provide the pictures, but they can sure provide the frame!
Where’s the NSA?
Russia, Russia, Russia. 🙄
I heard today that it was Colonial’s billing system that was hacked, and they wouldn’t sell oil until they knew they would been paid. The pipeline itself was not hacked.
This was a test .... it was only a test. Understand yet ? If it’s a real emergency...... have fun
The “billing” system was compromised so they shut the pipeline down? In other words, they shut the pipelines down, not because the control machinery was compromised, but rather, for fear they couldn’t get paid properly? Thus they shut the pipelines down while causing a hit to the economy that one estimate had it at 500 billion a day when the gas wasn’t flowing?(I think the estimate was a bit over blown and they’ll recoup much of the costs) Oh I think heads should roll over that mishap!
Volume & viscosity will determine what gets moved & how quickly.
Not some PR person in front of “reporters”.
News sucks. The MSM reports I heard on the radio said they stated they did NOT pay. And when they say "started" I'm sure it's a "trickle" to stave off the hoarders. The government lies to America every day. Just like the whole mask BS.
Did they pay the ransom and just whom got the money?
did they pay the ransom???