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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #75 on: May 19, 2021, 06:29:50 pm »
Well there's some IT guys that will never work again...  :whistle:
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #76 on: May 19, 2021, 06:31:21 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on May 19, 2021, 06:29:50 pm
Well there's some IT guys that will never work again...  :whistle:

I wouldn't bet on that.  The government is always hiring.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #77 on: May 19, 2021, 06:35:11 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on May 19, 2021, 06:31:21 pm
I wouldn't bet on that.  The government is always hiring.

LOL! yeah.   :beer:
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #78 on: May 19, 2021, 08:09:50 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on May 19, 2021, 06:24:19 pm
Glenn Beck said this morning it was $90 million.

Why would they shut down the Other Left Coast of the country and demand a measley 4.4 million?  They pay the same price in prison time if caught, no matter what the extortion amount is.

So I never believed the ridiculous numbers being bandied about.   $90 megabucks makes more sense.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #79 on: May 19, 2021, 08:40:51 pm »
Quote from: Sled Dog on May 19, 2021, 08:09:50 pm
Why would they shut down the Other Left Coast of the country and demand a measley 4.4 million?  They pay the same price in prison time if caught, no matter what the extortion amount is.

So I never believed the ridiculous numbers being bandied about.   $90 megabucks makes more sense.

The hackers did not shutdown the pipeline, the company did.  The hackers tied up some systems like the accounting system that tracked what was delivered for billing.  The pipeline was quickly shutdown by the company after that.  The hackers said they never believed the company would shut down the pipeline.

Shutting down the pipeline drew WAY more attention than the hackers ever wanted.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #80 on: May 19, 2021, 09:50:35 pm »
What I don't understand is this, these guys are terrorists, why don't we have a team of hacker whackers? Hunt them down and disappear them.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #81 on: May 19, 2021, 09:59:36 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on May 19, 2021, 09:50:35 pm
What I don't understand is this, these guys are terrorists, why don't we have a team of hacker whackers? Hunt them down and disappear them.

Because terrorists are allowed to do what they want as long as it disrupts our lives and helps to destroy our economy.  They will continue to be allowed to do so.

Random acts of terrorism continue to be allowed by our very liberal marxist govt.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #82 on: May 20, 2021, 12:24:54 am »
Quote from: thackney on May 19, 2021, 08:40:51 pm
The hackers did not shutdown the pipeline, the company did.  The hackers tied up some systems like the accounting system that tracked what was delivered for billing.  The pipeline was quickly shutdown by the company after that.  The hackers said they never believed the company would shut down the pipeline.

Shutting down the pipeline drew WAY more attention than the hackers ever wanted.

A wee correction: Darkside is the creator/distributor of the hackware - They were not the doer, their client was.
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Re: Cyber attack shuts down largest US gasoline pipeline – 45% of east coast and southern regions
« Reply #83 on: May 20, 2021, 06:04:40 am »
Quote from: libertybele on May 19, 2021, 09:59:36 pm
Because terrorists are allowed to do what they want as long as it disrupts our lives and helps to destroy our economy.  They will continue to be allowed to do so.

Random acts of terrorism continue to be allowed by our very liberal marxist govt.

Yeah, we noticed the number of terrorist attacks on the US vanished to near zero when we had a president.

As soon as we had a Democrat, Instant Terrorism, Everywhere.

Not a coincidence.
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