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2023_094

An offshore operating company is victim of a ransomware attack.

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
21	June	2023	Canada	Offshore	Virus/Ransomware

Summary

The victim was hit by a ransomware attack disrupting transactions at gas stations across Canada, as well as the unavailability of its mobile app and other various services.

There was no evidence of customer, supplier, or employee data compromise or misuse. The attacking group seems to remain unknown.

Victim

Suncor Energy

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

N/A

Origin

Cybercrime

Main impact

Availability

References

Recommendations to Offshore to reduce Virus/Ransomware risks:

Map, understand, patch and secure your exposed assets on the Internet.
Implement email filtering systems to detect and block phishing emails.
Train your organisation, personnel regularly against these threats.
Install efficient Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.
Work with your CSIRT organization to better understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures used by threat actors.
Monitor your IT and OT systems to quickly detect potential pre-ransomware activity.
Implement an efficient offline backup policy.
Encrypt all sensitive data to avoid further data leaks.

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