Media reveal the virus that disrupted the largest U.S. fuel company welcome
Reuters reported that the ransomware virus caused the disruption of colonial Corporation, the largest operator of fuel pumping pipes in the United States.According to agency sources, "the malicious virus used in the attack was ransomware, designed to block systems by encrypting data and then demanding a ransom to regain access to it." The pipeline operator "colonial" earlier announced a cyberattack on its systems, noting that in response to the cyberattack, some systems had to be shut down, as the threat temporarily halted all operations related to the pipeline and affected some information systems. The expert notes that "the popularity of the use of such viruses has increased over the past five years". The colonial network transports fuel from U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast to the densely populated eastern and southern United States, pumping 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, solar, jet fuel and other refined products through 8,850-kilometer p...