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Colonial Pipeline Denies Breach by RANSOMEDVC Ransomware Group

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Earlier today, the RANSOMEDVC ransomware group claimed to have breached Colonial Pipeline company and also leaked 5GB worth of data including internal files and photos.

The infamous RANSOMEDVC ransomware group has declared that they successfully infiltrated Colonial Pipeline, the American company operating a significant pipeline system that transports over 100 million gallons of various petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel, on a daily basis.

Colonial Pipeline Denies Breach by RANSOMEDVC Ransomware Group
What the RANSOMEDVC ransomware group published on their dark web blog (Image credit: Hackread.com)

These latest claims from the RANSOMEDVC group surfaced through posts on their dark web blog. The group also shared their claims via their recently launched Telegram channel and their X (previously Twitter) account. It’s worth noting that RANSOMEDVC is the same group that claimed to have breached Sony Corporation in September 2024.

In correspondence with Hackread.com, the group disclosed that apparently, Colonial Pipeline had refused to pay any ransom. However, they did not disclose the size of the alleged stolen data or the ransom amount demanded from the company.

Additionally, RANSOMEDVC publicly shared a file containing 5GB of data, claiming it belongs to Colonial Pipeline. Hackread.com has examined and analyzed this data. While it’s premature to draw definitive conclusions, the files and folders appear to contain a wealth of information, including diagrams, internal documents, leak detection policies, ICS and SCADA-related presentations, as well as photos of employees handling electronic equipment, among other things.

Notably, the photos of employees reveal that their desks feature a “Weekly Status Report” with the Colonial Pipeline logo.

Colonial Pipeline Denies Breach by RANSOMEDVC Ransomware Group
From the leaked files (Image credit: Hackread.com)

However, in an exclusive statement to Hackread.com, Colonial Pipeline has rejected the claims made by the RANSOMEDVC ransomware group and linked the leaked files to “a third-party data breach unrelated to Colonial Pipeline.”

“Colonial Pipeline is aware of unsubstantiated claims posted to an online forum that its system has been compromised by an unknown party. After working with our…

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Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Nord Stream Pipeline Attacks Called by Russia

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John Kelley
Political Minister Counselor
New York, New York
February 21, 2023

AS DELIVERED

Thank you, Mr. President, and we thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. We listened carefully to the other briefers today. We recognize their past history and service, though we question their relevant knowledge to speak as an expert briefer on the topic at hand.

Mr. President, the United States is deeply concerned by the sabotage that took place on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines last September.  Deliberate actions to damage critical infrastructure cannot be tolerated.

But let’s be clear why we are really here in the Council today.  Later this week, as we near the one-year anniversary, the General Assembly will debate the impact of Russia’s illegal and full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today’s meeting is a blatant attempt to distract from this. As the world unites this week to call for a just and secure peace in Ukraine consistent with the UN Charter, Russia desperately wants to change the subject.

This is not the first time that Russia has used its seat on this Council to amplify conspiracy theories from the internet. We wish it would apply the same urgency shown over the past three days instead to the myriad credible reports of human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law caused by its invading forces.

However, let me state clearly and plainly: Accusations that the United States was involved in this act of sabotage are completely false. The United States was not involved in any way.

Competent authorities in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden are investigating these incidents in a comprehensive, transparent, and impartial manner. Resources for UN investigations should be preserved for cases when states are unwilling or unable to investigate genuinely.

Let us not be fooled by Russia’s claim it only wants an “impartial” investigation. Its draft resolution clearly implicates the United States and mischaracterizes statements by U.S. officials. Russia does not seek an impartial investigation. It seeks to prejudice ongoing ones toward a predetermined conclusion of its choosing.

The expedited timeline on which the Russian delegation…

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Colonial Pipeline attacks of 2021 (Cyber Sandtable).

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This past weekend in northern Virginia, we had glorious weather. My wife Kathy and I took the opportunity to do a little antiquing (actually, she did the antiquing and I mostly drove and napped in the car). As I parked near the “Roaches In the Attic Antiques shop,” one of Kathy’s favorites, I just happened to notice on the GPS that we were very close to something called the Colonial Pipeline Dulles Junction. 

Yes, that Colonial Pipeline; the energy conduit that gave us all so much trouble back in 2021 when cyber criminals extorted Colonial Pipeline, the company, with ransomware, and the company leadership shut down their gas distribution pipeline just to be safe. I gave Kathy my go-to look (with over 35 years of marriage practice) that said, “We just gotta go see it.” She returned the favor with her own steely gaze, complete with an eye roll, that signified that I could do whatever I wanted as long as I was back by noon to take her to lunch. With permission in hand, I set off to see if I could find anything interesting.

I don’t know what I was expecting, but there wasn’t much to look at. It’s pretty small, a tad tinier than your typical house plot, situated between two neighborhoods near the Dulles International Airport and sitting alongside the Horsepen Run Stream Valley Park. The space is flat and surrounded by a six foot high fence. Inside the perimeter on the left side, is a silver gas pipe, 32 inches in diameter, that protrudes from the ground for maybe 15 horizontal feet and then sinks back into the dirt to continue its journey to Baltimore. This line, line 4, moves roughly 700 thousand barrels of gas per day from Greensboro, North Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland.

It’s one of the many connecting points for the Colonial Pipeline system and is part of the largest pipeline in the United States. The entire system can carry roughly three million barrels of fuel a day over 5,500 miles from Houston to New York. It connects directly to several major airports, including Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh-Durham, Dulles, and Baltimore-Washington. In other words, this is how your airports on the East Coast get their jet fuel.

When you think of the…

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Transportation Proposes Near $1M Fine for Colonial Pipeline One Year After Hack

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