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White House creates task force to deal with pipeline breach
The hackers stole almost 100 gigabytes of data from Colonial Pipeline’s networks in just two hours on Thursday, before locking its computers with ransomware and demanding payment, according to two people familiar with the investigation.
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A logo sign outside of a Colonial Pipeline Company facility in Baltimore, Maryland, on Dec. 11, 2016. Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA/TNS
The investigation into a major cyberattack on the biggest U.S. pipeline continued on Sunday as the White House pulled together an inter-agency task force to tackle the problem.
by Bloomberg
|Monday, May 10, 2021
The White House pulled together an inter-agency task force to tackle the problem.
(Bloomberg) The investigation into a major cyber-attack on the biggest U.S. pipeline continued on Sunday as the White House pulled together an inter-agency task force to tackle the problem.
The task force has been working through the weekend to address the breach, including exploring options for lessening its impact on the energy supply, according to a White House official.
The victim, Colonial Pipeline, halted all operations on its systems when it was hit with ransomware late Friday and is working to restore operations as investigators assess the damage.