Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam and spam

Save it for your lunch thread!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Save it for your lunch thread!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

@Ultramaroon

LOL... He's not doing anything!

[ScoobsMcGee]

For the computer nerds here.

[NoHaveMSG]

Thanks @spike021 for getting me back into a sugar habit I tried so hard to kick.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

For the computer nerds here.

Rewardware

[spike021]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Thanks @spike021 for getting me back into a sugar habit I tried so hard to kick.

Dang now I might need to indulge too

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

For the computer nerds here.

https://www.globalsign.com/en/blog/c...onial-pipeline

sort of an interesting case.

all the big players seem to be placing all of the blame directly on darkside, but it was colonial pipeline themselves that made the decision to shut down the pipeline that ultimately affected prices..

i can't find it now, but one of the articles on it just after it happened specified that darkside only attacked something like a simple billing/accounting server. but when they locked it down, colonial had no alternative way to bill for services rendered, so they simply shut the entire operation down until they could figure the system out again to bill. they never lost pipeline management, or distribution systems...

just funny to me how quickly history is being rewritten to re-point fingers by those with the deepest pockets...

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by soundman98

https://www.globalsign.com/en/blog/c...onial-pipeline

sort of an interesting case.

all the big players seem to be placing all of the blame directly on darkside, but it was colonial pipeline themselves that made the decision to shut down the pipeline that ultimately affected prices..

i can't find it now, but one of the articles on it just after it happened specified that darkside only attacked something like a simple billing/accounting server. but when they locked it down, colonial had no alternative way to bill for services rendered, so they simply shut the entire operation down until they could figure the system out again to bill. they never lost pipeline management, or distribution systems...

just funny to me how quickly history is being rewritten to re-point fingers by those with the deepest pockets...

The notice does say it was the company's decision to shut down the pipeline, and you're correct that only their office systems were affected by the attack. That said, it wasn't just a single server or something along those lines.

The common consensus is that they shut down the pipeline itself because they couldn't bill for use, although I could understand shutting it down before it could be impacted if they didn't know how screwed they were when the ransomware hit. While I could understand that, I don't give them that much credit, and agree that shutting down the pipeline likely had more to do with the inability to bill correctly than it did protecting the infrastructure.

Darkside is still the real villain here. Colonial wasn't their only victim, and many were SMBs who were ill-equipped and ill-funded to handle a ransomware attack. While I would prefer it to be for a more active org at this point, if the tactic of putting a bunch of money on a hook and watching them turn on one another works, I'm all for it.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

Darkside is still the real villain here. Colonial wasn't their only victim, and many were SMBs who were ill-equipped and ill-funded to handle a ransomware attack. While I would prefer it to be for a more active org at this point, if the tactic of putting a bunch of money on a hook and watching them turn on one another works, I'm all for it.

It's not a whole lot of money in the big picture but I'd rather my tax dollars be spent on tracking down the authors of powershell.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

first impressions = last impressions
let first impressions = Spam
Spam=Spam
Spam/Spam=Spam/Spam
First impressions equals 1

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by humfrz

/ = 1 or a foursome.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Thanks @spike021 for getting me back into a sugar habit I tried so hard to kick.

Diddly dip!?

[bcj]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Thanks @spike021 for getting me back into a sugar habit I tried so hard to kick.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Diddly dip!?

I got a bag of Smarties at Walmart. Did anyone see me at People Of?