Colonial Pipeline halted operations due to a ransomware attack. Ransomware strain called DarkSide has been used against targets in English-speaking countries. Attacks targeting utilities and critical infrastructure have seen a surge in recent years, fueled in part by ransomware attacks. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a list of 48 recommendations to detect and disrupt the rising ransomware threat, in addition to helping organizations prepare and respond to such attacks more effectively, CISA said.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/05/ransomware-cyber-attack-forced-largest.html