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The US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said that an infection by an unidentified ransomware strain forced the shutdown of a natural-gas pipeline for two days. The alert, issued by DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, didn't say where the affected natural gas compression facility is located.
A ransomware attack has hit a natural gas compression facility in the U.S., the feds have warned. The attack resulted in a two-day pipeline shutdown as the unnamed victim worked to bring systems back online from backups.
America's Homeland Security this week disclosed it recently responded to a ransomware infection at an unnamed natural gas plant. It did spread from an office computer through the plant's IT network to the operational network of PCs that monitor the plant, overwriting documents and other data as it went.
A ransomware attack on a U.S. natural gas compression facility led to a two-day shutdown of operations, according to an alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. From there, attackers planted what the agency called "Commodity ransomware" within both networks that encrypted data throughout the facility.
An unnamed US gas pipeline operator has falled victim to ransomware, which managed to encrypt data both on its IT and operational technology networks and led to a shutdown of the affected natural gas compression facility, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has revealed. "Although the direct operational impact of the cyberattack was limited to one control facility, geographically distinct compression facilities also had to halt operations because of pipeline transmission dependencies. This resulted in an operational shutdown of the entire pipeline asset lasting approximately two days."
A ransomware infection at a natural gas compression facility in the United States resulted in a two-day operational shutdown of an entire pipeline asset, the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed on Tuesday. A compression facility helps transport natural gas from one location to another through a pipeline.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency earlier today issued a warning to all industries operating critical infrastructures about a new ransomware threat that if left unaddressed could have severe consequences. The advisory comes in response to a cyberattack targeting an unnamed natural gas compression facility that employed spear-phishing to deliver ransomware to the company's internal network, encrypting critical data and knocking servers out of operation for almost two days.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency earlier today issued a warning to all industries operating critical infrastructures about a new ransomware threat that if left unaddressed could have severe consequences. The advisory comes in response to a cyberattack targeting an unnamed natural gas compression facility that employed spear-phishing to deliver ransomware to the company's internal network, encrypting critical data and knocking servers out of operation for almost two days.
Election officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, revealed this week that its voter registration system was hit by ransomware in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, according to the The Palm Beach Post. On Wednesday, Wendy Sartory Link, the recently appointed election supervisor of Palm Beach county, acknowledged that the government voting system sustained a previously undisclosed ransomware attack in mid-September 2016, according to the news report.
Ransomware brings a business to a screeching halt every 11 seconds, making it the most pervasive and destructive malware threat out there. With fast-evolving ransomware strains, protecting your business means it is essential to take on so-called zero-day attacks that slip by traditional anti-virus defenses.