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Largest US Refinery Shuts Two Crude Units in Port Arthur, Texas After Hackers Shut Down Colonial Pipeline: Reuters
By Cristina Laila Published May 10, 2021 at 1:23pm



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The largest US refinery shut two crude units in Port Arthur, Texas this weekend after hackers caused the Colonial Pipeline to shut down.

The “DarkSide” hacker gang began attacking the pipeline operator on Friday and stole massive amounts of data.

Reuters reported:
Motiva Enterprises LLC’s 607,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery shut the 195,000-bpd VPS-4 CDU and the 80,000-bpd VPS-2 CDU along with the 49,000-bpd reformer and 19,200-bpd lube oil hydrocracker, the people said.
Motiva declined to discuss the status of indvidual units at the Port Arthur refinery.

Temporary idling production on the two CDUs reduces production at the Motiva’s refinery by 45%.
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Motiva’s refinery has three CDUs. The largest of the three, the 325,000-bpd VPS-5, remained in operation on Monday, the sources said. CDUs break down crude oil into the feedstocks for all other units in the refinery.
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Boston-based Cybereason provided CNBC with a statement from DarkSide’s website called “DarkSide Leaks”:
“We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for our motives,” the statement said. “Our goal is to make money, and not creating problems for society. From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.”

“No matter how bad you think our work is, we are pleased to know that we helped change someone’s life,” the hackers wrote. “Today we sended [sic] the first donations.”

CNBC reported:
According to Boston-based Cybereason, DarkSide is an organized group of hackers set up along the “ransomware as a service” business model, meaning the DarkSide hackers develop and market ransomware hacking tools, and sell them to other criminals who then carry out attacks. Think of it as the evil twin of a Silicon Valley software start-up.
Cybereason found that the group is highly professional, offering a help desk and call in phone number for victims, and has already published confidential data on more than 40 victims. It maintains a website called “DarkSide Leaks” that’s modeled on WikiLeaks where the hackers post the private data of companies that they’ve stolen.
They conduct “double extortion,” which means the hackers not only encrypt and lock up the victim’s data, but they also steal data and threaten to make it public on the DarkSide Leaks site if companies don’t pay ransom.


Typical ransom demands range from $200,000 to $20 million, and Cybereason says the hackers gathered detailed intelligence on their victims, learning the size and scope of the company as well as who the key decision-makers are inside the firm.
The hackers continue to expand: Cybereason reports they recently released a new version of their malware: DarkSide 2.0.
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Got some gas today at a local station that sells non ethanol.

Its not usually a busy station but today it was backed up at the pumps.

South GA
 
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Talked to contacts in the oil spill business with Colonial and this a real problem. They are hoping for the best but thinking that it may be close to worse case at least temporarily. Nothing going into the pipeline means nothing coming to the pumps, trucking can't keep up with demand on any level.

Bedum and his crew shut down the other pipeline and this may not be a coincidence.... think on that for just a moment in time!
 
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When my daughter was looking for an apartment for her move to Texas, I strongly suggested she find one within walking distance of her new job so if anything happened to the fuel supply, she'd still be able to get to work. She said the one she got is ten minutes from work by car, in town -- I don't know if that's walking distance or not. Her son's new job is only about a mile from the apartment, though, and he's already walking back and forth.

Of course, I don't know how Mary Kay (the company she's working for) will do in a severe economic downturn....

Kathleen
 
phloydius

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Freeholder said:
When my daughter was looking for an apartment for her move to Texas, I strongly suggested she find one within walking distance of her new job so if anything happened to the fuel supply, she'd still be able to get to work. She said the one she got is ten minutes from work by car, in town -- I don't know if that's walking distance or not.
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It depends on the part of the city & the city - can vary wildly. But probably not (unless it is downtown urban).

If it sort of suburban, it could be about 4-6 miles.
 
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phloydius said:
It depends on the part of the city & the city - can vary wildly. But probably not (unless it is downtown urban).

If it sort of suburban, it could be about 4-6 miles.
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Thanks. The job and the apartment are in Lewisville, north of Dallas.

Kathleen
 
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somewherepress said:
Just talked to girlfriend who is vacationing in Pensacola. FL. Many gas stations reportedly shut down. She says that gas is very hard to find.
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Tell her to come over to Alabama. We have some available but she will have to look around. There is also a Bucee's 10 mile from the Fl/Al line on I10. They have plenty of gas.
 
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Thanks. The job and the apartment are in Lewisville, north of Dallas.
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In that area, I would guess that it is probably about 4 miles. Most people when coming up with a 'how far to work', they use google under a best case scenario (which actually says about 6 miles), or someone told her how far. (Also note, that most people in Texas measure driving distance by time, so it is very common for someone to give this type of estimate).
 
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phloydius said:
In that area, I would guess that it is probably about 4 miles. Most people when coming up with a 'how far to work', they use google under a best case scenario (which actually says about 6 miles), or someone told her how far. (Also note, that most people in Texas measure driving distance by time, so it is very common for someone to give this type of estimate).
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She could, and would, walk that far. But she gets off just after midnight, so I don't think I'd want her to have to walk home at that time of night. I suppose if gas gets really hard to find, maybe she can carpool with a co-worker or two.

Kathleen
 
phloydius

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She could, and would, walk that far. But she gets off just after midnight, so I don't think I'd want her to have to walk home at that time of night. I suppose if gas gets really hard to find, maybe she can carpool with a co-worker or two.
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I'd never recommend some take more risk with their personal security than they are comfortable with, but...

If I remember correctly, that area is a pretty "nice area", sort of a richer suburb of Dallas and crime would be less than normal. It is also pretty flat, and may be a much easier bike ride than a walk. A CHL/LTC in Texas is not very hard to get these days, which may or may not help put some fears to rest. It may be a option depending on her training / willingness / and feelings on the matter. I had several people I have known thru the recent years that really needed a CHL/LTC for protection, but the only real thing keeping them from doing it was the cost of the license (they were bad with money). I flat out offered to pay those costs for them. In each case they were well experienced with firearms and very level headed so it was a small price to pay to help another 'good person' defend themselves.
 
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phloydius said:
I'd never recommend some take more risk with their personal security than they are comfortable with, but...

If I remember correctly, that area is a pretty "nice area", sort of a richer suburb of Dallas and crime would be less than normal. It is also pretty flat, and may be a much easier bike ride than a walk. A CHL/LTC in Texas is not very hard to get these days, which may or may not help put some fears to rest. It may be a option depending on her training / willingness / and feelings on the matter. I had several people I have known thru the recent years that really needed a CHL/LTC for protection, but the only real thing keeping them from doing it was the cost of the license (they were bad with money). I flat out offered to pay those costs for them. In each case they were well experienced with firearms and very level headed so it was a small price to pay to help another 'good person' defend themselves.
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I was going to suggest she get a bike -- not sure if she has a safe place to keep one, since the apartment isn't on a ground floor. And she does carry, proudly, and with training. Both my older daughters do, and when they get together, they compare! (I think, independently, they both ended up carrying pretty much the same thing.)

Kathleen
 
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