TIMELINE COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK
On Thursday, May 6th 2021, hackers, later to be identified as criminal group DarkSide, launched a cyberattack on the US largest fuel pipeline, causing a six-day outage that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country. In the end, DarkSide ran for the hills. It’s unknown if it took its money with it.
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Hackers launch Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, causing the biggest US gasoline pipeline to shut down. The hackers steal 100 gigabytes of data before locking computers with ransomware and demanding payment.
US Government and unnamed US companies assist Colonial Pipeline in attack response. To stop the flow of stolen Colonial Pipeline data, key servers operated by the hackers are shut off, halting pipeline operations. Colonial Pipeline issues its first statement.
A Former US government official says investigators are looking at a group dubbed "DarkSide," known for deploying ransomware and extorting victims while avoiding targets in postSoviet states. Colonial issues second statement detailing current status and plan.
The FBI confirms that the Darkside ransomware is responsible for the compromise of the Colonial Pipeline networks. Colonial issues third statement aims to substantially restore operational service by the end of the week. Colonial issues fourth statement advising of their incremental restore strategy.
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