DarkSide, the hackers who have endangered the US economy
As CNN reports , "A Russian-born criminal group called 'DarkSide' is held responsible for a ransomware cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, according to a former senior IT official."
Naturally CNN, as a good media Dem, sees Russians almost everywhere, even when they are not there. In fact, it seems that, in this case, the hackers worked not under the orders of the Kremlin, but on their own. So we would not be facing a foreign attack on US infrastructure, but simply blackmail for profit.
#DarkSide is a criminal actor and a "new and very troubling variant" of ransomware attackers, replies Neuberger when asked about their links to #Russia and whether this attack is state-sanctioned.
– Steve Herman (@ W7VOA) May 10, 2021
Let's remember what happened: Saturday a hacker attack with a "Ransomware" led to the closure of the most important oil pipeline for refined petroleum products in the USA, the Colonial Pipeline, which, starting from the Gulf of Mexico, brings gasoline, diesel and aviation kerosene to the coast. east of the USA. The restart of the facility did not work perfectly and the Biden government had to declare a state of emergency to liberalize the transport of fuel by road. It will take up to 48 hours to fully reboot.
So behind this “Ransomware” would be this Russian, but non-governmental, Hacker group, but the crime is so big that even Darkside is afraid and tries to deflect the interest of the media from itself.
According to what was said by the FBI, in reality Darkside, in this case, would work as "Ransomware as a service". That is, he would have created the malicious software not to use it directly, but for another group of cyber pirates who would have decided to use it against the US infrastructure.
Will the Colonial Pipeline eventually pay the ransom? According to the Mail, the US government has not given advice on the matter, leaving the decision to the Colonial Pipeline which, being a private company, will have done its math. And he probably paid off.
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