The FBI confirmed in a statement Monday that a professional cybercriminal group called DarkSide was responsible for a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline network, which provides roughly 45% of the fuel used on the East Coast.
The latest: President Biden said at a press briefing that there is no evidence so far to indicate that Russia was involved in the attack, although he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon. Officials previously said no countries are being blamed for the attack.
Colonial said in a statement at 12:25pm ET on Monday that segments of the pipeline are being brought back online in a “stepwise fashion,” with the goal of “substantially restoring operational service by the end of the week.”
- White House officials said at a press briefing that the FBI has been investigating the DarkSide ransomware since October of last year.
- “It’s a ransomware as a service variant, where criminal affiliates conduct attacks and then share the proceeds with the ransomware developers,” deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said.
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