Cyberattack on US Oil Pipeline Infrastructure

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My friend just waited 90 minutes in like and had to buy 93 octane because that's all that's left, in South Carolina

Most gas stations there are putting in limits to purchase
It may be a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a gas station and he says his sister who works at corporate offices has been going on over a month about something happening to raise the price...

It honestly wouldn't suprise me in this day and age, if it was discovered that the gas companies conducted this on themselves as a false flag just to raise oil prices.

That's just a theory but it's an interesting one.
 
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It may be a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a gas station and he says his sister who works at corporate offices has been going on over a month about something happening to raise the price...

It honestly wouldn't suprise me in this day and age, if it was discovered that the gas companies conducted this opon themselves as a false flag just to raise oil prices.

That's just a theory but it's an interesting one.
You posted this Literally as I posted that it might be a false flag in the new thread about it.

So yeah, I could buy this.
 

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Honestly, it probably is Russia. The 'company' behind it won't attack Russian countries, and at that point its Russia's fault because criminals (almost certainly based in russia) know the Russians won't come down on them.
This just means the people selling the ransomware don't sell to people who might attack Russia, doesn't necessarily mean Russia did it.

Those who created and are selling the product may very well be Russian though
 

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This just means the people selling the ransomware don't sell to people who might attack Russia, doesn't necessarily mean Russia did it.

Those who created and are selling the product may very well be Russian though
The people operating the middleman company control who uses it and how, sorta like a rental. So they definitely bare some responsibility.
 

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The people operating the middleman company control who uses it and how, sorta like a rental. So they definitely bare some responsibility.
Right, I wouldn't be surprised if that middleman company is associated with Russia. Your post makes a good point and leads me in that direction, but that doesn't mean those who did the attack were Russian.

I'm keeping possibilities open, including conspiracy theories that this was some sort of false flag.
 

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I'm in Texas in an Army base.
It will still be cheaper for me then yall.
I know that sounds assholish but still.

I wish yall luck
 

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It may be a bit of a conspiracy theory, but I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a gas station and he says his sister who works at corporate offices has been going on over a month about something happening to raise the price...

It honestly wouldn't suprise me in this day and age, if it was discovered that the gas companies conducted this apon themselves as a false flag just to raise oil prices.

That's just a theory but it's an interesting one.

You're literally seeing this play out in lumber prices right now. Lumber is at an all time high but timber prices are at a low to the extent that tree farmers in the South are suffering big time right now. Pretty firmly suggests they're blaming COVID for the price increases, even though they have no evidence of labor issues.
 

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Why are pipelines, power plants,water treatment plants, etc even connect to the internet. I mean you don't see the Air Force hooking nuclear missiles to Google. It just stupid.
For a lot of reasons. In this case, it was stupidity, where it wasn't properly air-gapped from security cameras, which basically need to be visible from far away, but there's a lot of reasons why you might want power plants connected to the internet, as they need to communicate to determine how much power to output, for example.
 

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For a lot of reasons. In this case, it was stupidity, where it wasn't properly air-gapped from security cameras, which basically need to be visible from far away, but there's a lot of reasons why you might want power plants connected to the internet, as they need to communicate to determine how much power to output, for example.
Wouldn't it be safer though just to have some guy in a room with a telephone. Need more power..."Hey Bob turn down Trenton and turn up Hartford" I don't know just seems like we use the internet for too much stuff.
 

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Wouldn't it be safer though just to have some guy in a room with a telephone. Need more power..."Hey Bob turn down Trenton and turn up Hartford" I don't know just seems like we use the internet for too much stuff.
No, because first, that's a ton more expensive. That's about 4 jobs for someone to be on site to change things 24/7, which is easily 200k/year.

On top of that, it's not just two places that need to coordinate. A ton of coordination and measurement is needed, including other input sources to the grid, output demand, etc. It basically needs to all be coordinated. And that's done by an algorithm.

In fairness, I'm not a power engineer, but this is my best guess of the coordination problems they would need to hit. Obviously, power worked before the internet, though, so idk what system they used then, and if it would be feasible now.
 

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Interesting article on how DarkSide Ransomware is being created by a core team of malware developers and then distributed to other cybercriminal groups or 'partners' of which DarkSide seems to be blaming this latest attack directed at Colonial Pipeline upon.


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The DarkSide ransomware is provided to RaaS customers. This cybercriminal model has proven popular as it only requires a core team to develop malware, which can then be distributed to others.

RaaS, also known as ransomware affiliate schemes, may be provided on a subscription basis and/or the creators receive a cut of the profits when a ransom is paid. In return, the developers continue to improve their malware 'product'.

DarkSide tries to portray itself in a 'Robin Hood' light, with terms of service for clients that dictate no medical, care homes, or palliative care providers should be targeted. The operators have been quick to distance themselves from the attack on Colonial Pipeline as a core country fuel provider and vaguely blamed the attack on a partner.
 

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