[Cryptography] In the latest unexpected ransomware twist ...

[Mark Seiden]

> On Jun 9, 2021, at 2:24 PM, John Ioannidis <jayeye at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 9:29 PM John Levine <johnl at iecc.com <mailto:johnl at iecc.com>> wrote:
> The U.S. Justice Department says it has recoverd most of the bitcoin ransom that
> Colonial Pipeline paid in the ransomware attack last month.
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> What really pisses me off is that Colonial is considered the victim here, when they are really guilty of criminal negligence.
> Entirely predictable, but still infuriating.
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> /ji
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It was reported that what was compromised was Colonial’s billing system, not the operational pipeline.
These are almost certainly separate systems with some loose coupling (probably file-based.)

But they decided to shut down everything, rather than continue delivering fuel and metering what they delivered
to whom and deferring the billing.

Interesting business decision, if correctly reported.

Does anyone know more detail?




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