Posts Tagged ‘darkside’

Colonial Pipeline paid $5m ransom to hacking group DarkSide after huge attack, report says

Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million to ransomware group DarkSide following a cyberattack that forced the company to shut down its pipeline for six days, Bloomberg reports. Initial reports indicated that the Georgia-based company had no intentions to pay the extortion fee while it attempted to restore full service to its operating system. But multiple […]

Report: DarkSide Hackers Committed ‘Double Extortion,’ Stealing Data

Hackers stole data during the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack Thursday ahead of the pipeline operator shutting down from the apparent attack, according to news reports. The hackers of the 5,500 miles pipeline reportedly started their attack Thursday, “stealing a large amount of data before locking computers with ransomware and demanding payment,” according to people familiar with the matter who spoke […]

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