36: Hack Pipe: The Rise of DarkSide

<p>Welcome back to Cyber Humanity! We've got our shades on and we're ready for a busy summer of cyber. </p><p>And what better way to herald our return than with a news story that's been hitting every headline? </p><p>Unless you've been living under a rock, you must have heard of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Basically, ransomware hit pipeline, pipeline got shut down, America entered a state of emergency, and then someone did something about it, and...here we are. </p><p>Despite what Paul thinks, there's more to it than that. </p><p>Tune in to discover what happens when IT meets OT –&nbsp;and what the DarkSide has to do with it. </p><p>***</p><p>https://www.rt.com/russia/523798-kaspersky-cia-colonial-pipeline-attack/</p><p>https://www.elliptic.co/blog/elliptic-follows-bitcoin-ransoms-paid-by-darkside-ransomware-victims</p><p>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/us/cyberattack-colonial-pipeline.html</p>