据世界石油网站5月9日报道 美国最大的汽油管道运营商科洛尼尔管道公司在周五晚些时候关闭了运营，此前一次勒索软件攻击可能扰乱能源市场，并颠覆东海岸的天然气和柴油供应。
科洛尼尔管道公司在周六的一份声明中称，其主动使某些系统离线以遏制威胁，这已经暂时停止了所有管道运营，并影响了一些IT系统，目前正在努力使业务恢复正常。
网络安全公司FireEye表示，其响应部门正在协助调查。白宫表示，周六上午，正在戴维营度过周末的拜登总统听取了有关这一事件的简报。
该管道是美国东半部的一条重要干道，是东海岸汽油、柴油和喷气燃料的主要来源，其系统每天的容量约为250万桶，从休斯顿输送至北卡罗来纳州，另外每天还有90万桶至纽约。
网络安全公司Recorded Future高级威胁分析师Allan Liska称，此次攻击似乎使用了一个名为“暗黑”的勒索软件组织。
对关键基础设施的黑客攻击威胁日益严重，促使白宫上月出台一项计划，试图加强公用事业及其供应商的安全。管道是一个值得特别关注的问题，因为它们在美国经济的许多方面发挥着核心作用。
最新的攻击发生在美国能源工业为夏季旅行做好准备之际，随着大规模经济限制的放松，燃料需求也在增加。这也提醒我们，2018年一次网络攻击如何摧毁了美国几家天然气管道运营商的通信系统。
白宫发言人称，联邦政府正在评估事件的影响，包括如何避免供应中断，帮助该公司尽快恢复运营。
美国能源部表示，正在监测任何可能对供应造成的影响，而联邦能源监管委员会则表示，在网络攻击之后，正在与其他联邦机构沟通，且与他们密切合作，监测事态发展。
联邦政府还与州和地方当局合作，制定可能的额外措施。
王磊 摘译自 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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