Why is the blackmail virus that shut down half of America's energy system terrible? Interpretation of authoritative reports

The largest product pipeline operator in the United States Colonial Pipeline At local time 5 month 7 Was attacked by blackmail software on the th , Forced to shut down its key fuel network supplying oil to the eastern coastal states of the United States .

Colonial Of 5500 Miles of pipelines carry fuel from refineries along the Gulf coast to customers in the southern and eastern United States , It was transported 45％ East Coast fuel , covers 5000 Ten thousand Americans .

distance 2017 year 5 month 12 Japanese extortion virus WannaCry The first outbreak has passed 4 Years. , A lot of people were impressed by the “ one 's sabre-rattling is getting louder and the smell of gunpowder thicker ” Still fresh in my memory , But this is just the beginning , The next few years , Blackmail virus has increasingly become a tried and true means of attack , And more and more varieties have been developed , Only in the last few months , foxconn 、 Acer 、 Kia and other well-known enterprises are still receiving extortion virus attacks , The ransom has set new records again and again .

This time, Colonial Pipeline event , The blackmail virus directly damaged a national energy system , The harm is evident .

Extortion virus is still almost unsolved , It's almost impossible to decrypt once you get caught , Fortunately, some technical means can also be used to enhance the immunity to extortion virus . Tencent security united with Southern Metropolis Daily to summarize the attack methods of blackmail virus 、 Attack the target 、 Attack path 、 Prevention methods and other information , Compiled 《2021 Blackmail virus trend report and protection scheme suggestions in the first half of the year 》, For institutions and enterprises to extort virus “ Enemy and know yourself ”, Try to avoid being attacked .

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