Cyber attack Germany/Europe

There hasn’t been a mention of this on msm. There has been a large cyber attack effecting fuel deliveries in Germany and Europe.

At least six oil storage terminals in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining hub are having difficulty loading and unloading refined product cargoes, owing to a broad cyberattack on European oil terminals that began on 29 January. The affected terminals are operated by SEA-Tank, Oiltanking and Evos in Antwerp, Ghent, Amsterdam and Terneuzen. This adds to the 11 Oiltanking sites affected in Germany. Only one of Evos' two terminals in Amsterdam appears to have been affected, most likely the one now called Amsterdam East that it bought from Oiltanking last year.

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Europe's fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack – less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in the U.S. was halted by a hack. The situation was serious "but not grave," the head of Germany's information technology security system said. The attack targeted a leading oil trader, and disrupted payments at hundreds of filling stations.

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It’s interesting. What is NATO going to do if this leads back to Russia?

a reply to: bryan2006

Oh yeah it must be Russia . Is Christopher Steele the author of this ?

a reply to: Thenail

Gasoline prices in the USA will increase again tomorrow, just because.

originally posted by: bryan2006
There hasn’t been a mention of this on msm. There has been a large cyber attack effecting fuel deliveries in Germany and Europe.

At least six oil storage terminals in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining hub are having difficulty loading and unloading refined product cargoes, owing to a broad cyberattack on European oil terminals that began on 29 January. The affected terminals are operated by SEA-Tank, Oiltanking and Evos in Antwerp, Ghent, Amsterdam and Terneuzen. This adds to the 11 Oiltanking sites affected in Germany. Only one of Evos' two terminals in Amsterdam appears to have been affected, most likely the one now called Amsterdam East that it bought from Oiltanking last year.

www.google.com...=1

Europe's fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack – less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in the U.S. was halted by a hack. The situation was serious "but not grave," the head of Germany's information technology security system said. The attack targeted a leading oil trader, and disrupted payments at hundreds of filling stations.

www.stripes.com...



It’s interesting. What is NATO going to do if this leads back to Russia?

It's possible, but it could also be another source, hell it could be the USA inventing a reason. Hard to trust anything or anyone

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Thenail

Gasoline prices in the USA will increase again tomorrow, just because.

Yup . And I bet some government is behind this 'cyber attack'

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: bryan2006
There hasn’t been a mention of this on msm. There has been a large cyber attack effecting fuel deliveries in Germany and Europe.

At least six oil storage terminals in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining hub are having difficulty loading and unloading refined product cargoes, owing to a broad cyberattack on European oil terminals that began on 29 January. The affected terminals are operated by SEA-Tank, Oiltanking and Evos in Antwerp, Ghent, Amsterdam and Terneuzen. This adds to the 11 Oiltanking sites affected in Germany. Only one of Evos' two terminals in Amsterdam appears to have been affected, most likely the one now called Amsterdam East that it bought from Oiltanking last year.

www.google.com...=1

Europe's fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack – less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in the U.S. was halted by a hack. The situation was serious "but not grave," the head of Germany's information technology security system said. The attack targeted a leading oil trader, and disrupted payments at hundreds of filling stations.

www.stripes.com...



It’s interesting. What is NATO going to do if this leads back to Russia?

It's possible, but it could also be another source, hell it could be the USA inventing a reason. Hard to trust anything or anyone

He'll, it could be some high school punks in somebody's basement.

originally posted by: incoserv

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: bryan2006
There hasn’t been a mention of this on msm. There has been a large cyber attack effecting fuel deliveries in Germany and Europe.

At least six oil storage terminals in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining hub are having difficulty loading and unloading refined product cargoes, owing to a broad cyberattack on European oil terminals that began on 29 January. The affected terminals are operated by SEA-Tank, Oiltanking and Evos in Antwerp, Ghent, Amsterdam and Terneuzen. This adds to the 11 Oiltanking sites affected in Germany. Only one of Evos' two terminals in Amsterdam appears to have been affected, most likely the one now called Amsterdam East that it bought from Oiltanking last year.

www.google.com...=1

Europe's fuel-supply network fell victim to a cyberattack – less than a year after the biggest refined petroleum pipeline in the U.S. was halted by a hack. The situation was serious "but not grave," the head of Germany's information technology security system said. The attack targeted a leading oil trader, and disrupted payments at hundreds of filling stations.

www.stripes.com...



It’s interesting. What is NATO going to do if this leads back to Russia?

It's possible, but it could also be another source, hell it could be the USA inventing a reason. Hard to trust anything or anyone

He'll, it could be some high school punks in somebody's basement.

Exactly but let's see if a NATO member nation mentions it, here soon and says Russia, Russia, Russia. Cause let's face it today's world it could be anyone and Id find it difficult to believe they could track the source that quick. This will take some heavy-duty computer type forensics and if they pulled that off, Id bet they hide their tracks extremely well

a reply to: putnam6

let's face it today's world it could be anyone

Prehaps it was those darn anti-vaxxzers

originally posted by: Misinformation

a reply to: putnam6

let's face it today's world it could be anyone

Prehaps it was those darn anti-vaxxzers

This is possible, extremely possible...

Energy infrastructure companies have notoriously poor cyber security, they frequently run software from as far back as the 1970's. It wouldn't surprise me if this company was hacked because of this reason. Could it be someone operating from Russia? Possible, since they tacitly permit hackers to infiltrate western companies as long as they don't hack Russian ones.

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Thenail

Gasoline prices in the USA will increase again tomorrow, just because.

The gas prices are going through the roof in Europe too. Fuel poverty is THE big thing in the news right now.

All Putin did is move a few thousand troops around Russia, engage in a few cyber attacks and the wealth tap is flowing towards Moscow again. Genius yet so simple really

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Running software from the 70's isn't the issue, the issue is we have critical infrastructure connected to outside networks. The once highly touted data diodes were supposed to be a fix for that, until those too were shown to be susceptible to compromise. I understand the need for grid reliability coordination, however telemetry can be collected via other methods. In the years I spent advising energy companies on their cyber security posture my main recommendation was to disconnect what they could, it makes the attack surface considerably smaller, down to insider threat, physical access, or supply chain compromise.

As for the threat actors, they could be from anywhere. Regardless of where they are from, they will have some form of government support for their actions, this includes the US.

a reply to: putnam6

It can take months to provide attribution to an attack based on forensic work. This is why you have companies that specialize in this sometimes taking years to release information about certain attacks or groups, as providing false attribution can lead to some not so nice repercussions.