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Colonial Pipeline cyber attack and possible gas price increase: what you need to know
on May 11, 2021 at 4:39 am
GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) - Dakota Davis says he experienced a price increase between the time he pulled into the gas station and the time he punched numbers on his station’s keypad at the pump Monday afternoon. “The sign was showing $2.79 and the gas pump was showing $2.89," Davis said. “You’re coming down the road, you see that, then you pull in and it’s already too late." It’s something he says he’s worried about after reports that Colonial Pipeline, a huge supplier in the Southeast, experienced a cyber attack. “It’s going to hurt a lot of people," Davis remarked. FOX Carolina canvassed local gas stations in both North and South Carolina. What we found was shocking, as neighbors clamored to the pumps: several stations were with low or impacted supply, and many others out of fuel altogether. “What we appear to know is that it was a ransom ware group called Darkside," said Mark Ostrowski, lead east coast engineer with cyber security company Checkpoint Software. He and Checkpoint have been tracking the cyber attack on Colonial since it happened. “We believe, at least from the reports, that it affected their IT networks," Ostrowski said on the extent of the damage done. He says that the main goal of hacker ransomware attacks like this one is to hoard sensitive information, and then demand money from those they stole it from to get it back. “There is also a concept called double extortion, where they will siphon off data from your organization and say, ‘if you don’t pay, we are going to release that information as well,’” Ostrowski explained. He says that cyber attacks on utility interests have increased 34% since the beginning of 2021 and are still on the rise today; it’s something he compares to the increase in cyber attacks on hospital systems during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US. So what does this all mean for you? “You are talking about an oil pipeline,” Ostrowski said. “That has effects on people at the pump like you and me from a consumer perspective." Basically, he says the longer it takes, the more likely it is you could see a price increase at the pump – right as Memorial Day is on the horizon and commuting is on the rise. He says that an even broader concern is that this could have national security implications. There could be big trouble, he says, if hackers from Darkside gain access to be able to control actual operation (the OT network) of the pipeline itself. That’s why Colonial has had to shut things down completely as they work with the Biden Administration and the FBI to resume normal operations and fend off the attack. The biggest thing local fuel experts say you can do right now is to NOT rush to the pump to fill up your tank. The only thing that will do, they say, is increase the problem before things get better. As of Monday night, Colonial says they already have one line, “Line 4,” which runs from North Carolina into Maryland, back online. But early predictions also say it could be early next week before the entire system is up and running once again.
Police need help identifying person in reference to shoplifting incident
on May 11, 2021 at 4:37 am
ANDERSON, SC ( FOX CAROLINA) - The Anderson Police Department says they need help identifying the suspect pictured in reference to a shoplifting incident. According to the Police Department, the incident occurred on May 5 at Academy Sports and Outdoors located at 3423 Clemson BLVD. If anyone recognizes the person in the photo, they should contact the Anderson County Police Department. MORE NEWS: <a class="tnt-asset-link" style="font-size: 1.17em;" href="https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/pickens-co-coroner-identifies-person-killed-in-multi-vehicle-crash/article_5e75eb5c-b0ff-11eb-a8f5-1774dcf07f25.html?block_id=996028">Pickens Co. Coroner identifies person killed in multi-vehicle crash</a>
California expands drought emergency to large swath of state
on May 11, 2021 at 12:52 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded a drought emergency declaration to a large swath of the nation’s most populous state amid “acute water supply shortages” in northern and central areas. He's also seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across the American West. Monday's declaration now covers 41 of the 58 counties, covering 30% of California's nearly 40 million people. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows most of the state and a huge swath of the American West is in extensive drought.