The hackers behind the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline that shut down a major oil network over the weekend said they didn’t intend to cause such a disaster and were merely trying to make some money by selling their virus software.
The FBI confirmed on Monday that DarkSide ransomware was responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack. Darkside is a group of organized hackers selling software hacking tools to other criminals to carry out attacks on wealthy organizations and entities, according to the cybersecurity firm Cybereason.
DarkSide maintains a website on the dark web, a hidden collective of internet sites only accessible by a specialized web browser, where the group posted a message Monday in which it said one of its ransomware customers was behind the Colonial attack and pledged to be more careful in selecting clients and their motives going forward.
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“We are apolitical. We do not participate in geopolitics,” the message said, according to reporting by Bloomberg. “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.”
