Recommendations Following the Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack
Summary: On May 7th, public reporting emerged that Colonial Pipeline's operations were affected by a ransomware incident in its IT environment, and operators temporarily halted OT operations as a precaution. Dragos assessed with high confidence that the DarkSide ransomware group was responsible, and called it the most disruptive incident it has witnessed on US energy infrastructure from cyber intrusions.
Why it matters: Dragos reports that ransomware has been delivered as quickly as 24 hours from initial access, and that many companies have little visibility into their operations and production networks - so discovery often comes only after malware has encrypted systems and taken them offline.
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