Security News > 2024 > February > ALPHV blackmails Canadian pipeline after 'stealing 190GB of vital info'

Canada's Trans-Northern Pipelines has allegedly been infiltrated by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware crew, which claims to have stolen 190 GB of data from the oil distributor.

ALPHV added Trans-Northern to its blackmail site on Tuesday and said the purloined files include "All important information."

The oil and gas concern, which operates about 528 miles of pipeline in Ontario and Quebec, and nearly 200 miles of pipeline in Alberta, had no immediate response to The Register's inquiries.

We can't help but be reminded of the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware infection.

Trans-Northern is the fourth critical infrastructure org that Alphv has in the past few days claimed to have compromised over the past few months.

ALPHV's extortion claims come as governments are warning about the potential of destructive cyber attacks on critical infrastructure.

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