Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsColonial Pipeline Company
Claimed by ransomed · listed 3 years ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Oct 15, 2023
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- ransomed
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- United States
- Sector
- Technology
- Listed on leak site
- Oct 15, 2023
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileColonial Pipeline Company operates the largest refined petroleum products pipeline system in the United States, spanning approximately 5,500 miles from Houston, Texas to Linden, New Jersey. The company transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and home heating oil, supplying roughly 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. It is widely recognized as a critical infrastructure operator in the US energy sector.
- Industry
- Petroleum Pipeline Transportation & Critical Infrastructure
- Address
- 1185 Sanctuary Pkwy, Suite 400, Alpharetta, GA 30009, United States
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Founded
- 1962
Attack summary
Severity: high — Colonial Pipeline is designated US critical infrastructure; any confirmed data publication — even without a stated data size — against this operator carries high severity given the national-security implications, prior high-profile attack history, and the post's suggestion of insider/executive data exposure.The group 'ransomed' claims to have published data related to Colonial Pipeline Company, with the leak post suggesting exposure of information potentially linked to cybersecurity personnel or executives rather than traditional operational/financial data exfiltration; no ransom amount or data size was specified.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Cybersecurity personnel information
- Executive profile data
- Potentially internal corporate communications
What the group claims
Threat actors – they hide amongst us. It is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate these bad actors from our heroic cyber front-line responders, who work night & day to protect their clients from ever-growing cyber threats. In fact, as we’ll discuss here, some of these threat actors operate under the guise of powerful cyber-security executives.…
Sources
Source
Indexed 3 years agoThis page surfaces a public ransomware disclosure indexed by Darkfield. Original posts come from the operator's own leak site; we cross-check against ransomware.live, RansomLook and RansomWatch where applicable. Share this URL freely.
