據(jù)世界石油網(wǎng)站5月9日報道 美國最大的汽油管道運(yùn)營商科洛尼爾管道公司在周五晚些時候關(guān)閉了運(yùn)營，此前一次勒索軟件攻擊可能擾亂能源市場，并顛覆東海岸的天然氣和柴油供應(yīng)。
科洛尼爾管道公司在周六的一份聲明中稱，其主動使某些系統(tǒng)離線以遏制威脅，這已經(jīng)暫時停止了所有管道運(yùn)營，并影響了一些IT系統(tǒng)，目前正在努力使業(yè)務(wù)恢復(fù)正常。
網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全公司FireEye表示，其響應(yīng)部門正在協(xié)助調(diào)查。白宮表示，周六上午，正在戴維營度過周末的拜登總統(tǒng)聽取了有關(guān)這一事件的簡報。
該管道是美國東半部的一條重要干道，是東海岸汽油、柴油和噴氣燃料的主要來源，其系統(tǒng)每天的容量約為250萬桶，從休斯頓輸送至北卡羅來納州，另外每天還有90萬桶至紐約。
網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全公司Recorded Future高級威脅分析師Allan Liska稱，此次攻擊似乎使用了一個名為“暗黑”的勒索軟件組織。
對關(guān)鍵基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的黑客攻擊威脅日益嚴(yán)重，促使白宮上月出臺一項(xiàng)計劃，試圖加強(qiáng)公用事業(yè)及其供應(yīng)商的安全。管道是一個值得特別關(guān)注的問題，因?yàn)樗鼈冊诿绹?jīng)濟(jì)的許多方面發(fā)揮著核心作用。
最新的攻擊發(fā)生在美國能源工業(yè)為夏季旅行做好準(zhǔn)備之際，隨著大規(guī)模經(jīng)濟(jì)限制的放松，燃料需求也在增加。這也提醒我們，2018年一次網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊如何摧毀了美國幾家天然氣管道運(yùn)營商的通信系統(tǒng)。
白宮發(fā)言人稱，聯(lián)邦政府正在評估事件的影響，包括如何避免供應(yīng)中斷，幫助該公司盡快恢復(fù)運(yùn)營。
美國能源部表示，正在監(jiān)測任何可能對供應(yīng)造成的影響，而聯(lián)邦能源監(jiān)管委員會則表示，在網(wǎng)絡(luò)攻擊之后，正在與其他聯(lián)邦機(jī)構(gòu)溝通，且與他們密切合作，監(jiān)測事態(tài)發(fā)展。
聯(lián)邦政府還與州和地方當(dāng)局合作，制定可能的額外措施。
王磊 摘譯自 世界石油
原文如下：
Ransomware attack shuts down biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline
The operator of the biggest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. shut down operations late Friday following a ransomware attack that threatens to roil energy markets and upend the supply of gas and diesel to the East Coast.
Colonial Pipeline said in a statement Saturday that it “proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.” It’s working to get business back to normal.
The cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. said its Mandiant incident response division is assisting with the investigation. President Joe Biden, who’s spending the weekend at Camp David, was briefed on the incident Saturday morning, the White House said.
Colonial is a key artery for the eastern half of the U.S. It’s the main source of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel for the East Coast with capacity of about 2.5 million barrels a day on its system from Houston as far as North Carolina, and another 900,000 barrels a day to New York.
The attack appeared to use a ransomware group called DarkSide, according to Allan Liska, senior threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Hacking threats to critical infrastructure have been growing, prompting the White House to respond last month with a plan to try to increase the security of utilities and their suppliers. Pipelines are a specific concern because they play a central role in so many parts of the U.S. economy.
The latest attack comes as the nation’s energy industry gears up for summer travel and stronger fuel demand as pandemic economic restrictions are eased. It’s also an unpleasant reminder of how a cyber-attack brought down the communications systems of several U.S. natural gas pipelines operators in 2018.
The federal government is assessing the implications of the incident, including how to avoid disruptions to supply and help the company restore operations as quickly as possible, a White House spokesperson said.
The U.S. Department of Energy said it’s “monitoring any potential impacts” to supplies, while the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it’s in “communication with other federal agencies, and we are working closely with them to monitor developments” following the cyber-attack.
The federal government is also working with state and local authorities on potential additional steps.
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