Cryptocurrency Encryption Energy and Utilities 
CyberSecurity Insiders
JUNE 26, 2023
Numerous gas and fuel filling stations throughout Canada experienced significant disruptions in processing credit card and reward points-based payments due to a cyber attack on Suncor Energy, the parent company. NOTE- Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts data within an infected database until a ransom is paid.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
The malware utilizes cloud resources for its C2 (command and control) servers, which it accesses via APIs using authentication tokens. The threat actor specializes in encrypting and then deleting its targets’ data, which suggests that the group’s primary objective is to cause as much damage as possible.
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Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2024
The FBI is inviting victims of LockBit ransomware to come forward because it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow them to recover their encrypted data for free. The NCA reached out to victims based in the UK providing support to help them recover encrypted data. on January 5, 2020.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 28, 2021
Since blockchain’s arrival, cryptocurrency has framed the technology as permissionless, or a public blockchain. For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. As encryption methods go, AES-128 and RSA-2048 are vulnerable to quantum attacks.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
In wider action coordinated by Europol, two LockBit actors have been arrested this morning in Poland and Ukraine, over 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to the group have been frozen.” The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
In wider action coordinated by Europol, two LockBit actors have been arrested this morning in Poland and Ukraine, over 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to the group have been frozen.” The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Energy and utility companies have been some of the most high-profile cyber attacks in recent memory, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack or the Delta-owned Monroe Energy attack in November 2021. One particularly potent emergent technology for scammers is blockchain and the related cryptocurrency and NFTs.
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