A State Of Emergency Has Been Declared After A Cyber-Attack On The Largest Fuel Pipeline In The United States

 The United States has declared a state of emergency following a cyber attack on the country's largest fuel pipeline. Experts believe the attack on the fuel company's colony network was caused by the Corona epidemic.

A state of emergency has been declared after a cyber-attack on the largest fuel pipeline in the United States

Most of the engineers in this pipeline were working on computers from home. Every day 2. Millions of barrels of oil are shipped through the pipeline of the colony network. The pipeline supplies 45 percent of diesel, gas, and jet fuel to the east coast of the United States.

The pipeline was attacked by a team of cybercriminals on Friday and is still being repaired.

The BBC noted that after the emergency was declared, fuel would be supplied by road instead of by pipeline.

Experts say that because of this, fuel prices will rise by 2 percent from Monday. If this network is not restored soon, the effects can be far-reaching.

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Who attacked?

Several sources confirmed that this ransomware attack was carried out by a cybercrime gang called Darkside. The hackers entered the colonial network on Thursday and captured about 100 GB of data. Following this, hackers locked data on some computers and servers and demanded a ransom on Friday. They have threatened to throw data on the Internet if they do not want to pay.

The company is in contact with the Department of Energy to rebuild police, cybersecurity experts, and service departments.

On Sunday night, the company said four of its main lines had been blocked and some smaller lines from the terminal had started work. The company said: "As soon as the attack was detected, we cut some small lines in our system to prevent it from being attacked. It has temporarily shut down all our pipelines and some IT systems, which we are now in the process of retrieving."

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