1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Thursday, 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: the thirteenth of May. My name is Zara Seidler, and 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Sam Kazlowski. 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Making news today, Victoria records no new. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: Cases, unrest in the Republican Party. 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: Some good news about female representation in Scottish Parliament. 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 2: And a chat about petrol in the United States. He 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: is Today's Daily Digest. 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: All you footy fans should listen up to this story 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: because it might impact you. So Yesterday we found out 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: that the Victorian government is working with the AFL to 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: track down fans that attended the Richmond and Geelong game 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: last Friday and that potentially traveled on the same train 14 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: as the man that we now know tested positive for 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen. Those that traveled on the service from Flinders 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: Street to Craigieburn, departing at ten twenty on Friday night, 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: have been asked to get tested and isolate until receiving 18 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: a negative test result. In some bed news, Victoria recorded 19 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: zero other positive cases. 20 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: Yesterday. More than one hundred Republicans have signed a letter 21 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 2: threatening to leave and create a third party if the 22 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: Republican Party does not break away from former President Donald Trump. 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 2: This move comes after a looming vote to remove Congresswoman 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 2: Liz Cheney from her position as conference chair after her 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: refusal to agree with Trump's claims on the twenty twenty 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: presidential election, as well as supporting the second impeachment of Trump. 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: We reported on this one a little while ago, so 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: head to our instagram if you want the context. But 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: a federal judge has blocked the NRA the National Rifle 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: Associations attempt to file for bankruptcy. Judge Harlan Hale wrote 31 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: in a decision that the court finds, based on the 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: totality of the circumstances, that the NRA's bankruptcy petition was 33 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: not filed in good faith. 34 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: And here's your Thursday good news. A record number of 35 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 2: women have been elected to the Scottish Parliament in last 36 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 2: week's election. Women now represent forty five percent of the 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: members of Scottish Parliament, with the first woman of color 38 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: being elected as well. The Scottish National Party now has 39 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: thirty four women, Scottish Labor have ten, the Conservatives have eight, 40 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: the Greens have five, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have 41 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: one woman. Member of Parliament. I want to bring you 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: guys up to speed on a story that happened in 43 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: the US over the last couple of days. It's flown 44 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: under the radar despite the fact that it's impacted a 45 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: massive number of people. The story is to do with 46 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 2: petrol and cybersecurity. 47 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I must be honest, I was a bit skeptic about 48 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: this story when Sam first pitched it, but it is 49 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: really really interesting. So tell me and start from the beginning. 50 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: Why are these two terms linked? 51 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: So first you've got to meet Colonial Pipeline. They're a 52 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: petrol company that carry forty five percent of the East 53 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: Coast's fuel supplies and they do that with thousands of 54 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: kilometers of pipelines that run throughout the US. On the 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: seventh of May, so six days ago, they released the following, 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the victim of 57 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: a cybersecurity attack. We have since determined that this incident 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: involves ransomware. Now, ransomware is basically a hack into a 59 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 2: computer system where the hacker demands a payment or some 60 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: sort of exchange to give the information back. It wasn't 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 2: clear what was demanded, so what needed to be paid 62 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: to get their information back or who was responsible, but 63 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: the company immediately sprung into action, hiring cybersecurity experts and 64 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: bringing in federal law enforcement. Taking control of a country's 65 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: petrol supply is a major security risk, so the US 66 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: government was of course all over it. What did it 67 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 2: mean for Americans going to fill up their cars at 68 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: petrol stations across the East Coast. It meant that there 69 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: was a certain degree of panic because there was fears 70 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: that there wouldn't be any petrol left imminently, And those 71 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: petrol shortages actually materialized in some places because colonial pipelines 72 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: took the action of shut down some of their system 73 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: to prevent further hacking. For the petrol that was still available, 74 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: it of course drove the price up and it was 75 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: scarily high for people to fill up their cars. Now 76 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: you might be wondering how a computer program controls the 77 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 2: supply of petrol. In my head, I think about huge 78 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: petrol tankers driving tanks of petrol down the highway and 79 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: offloading them at petrol stations. But a petrol company of 80 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 2: that size has, in fact a really sophisticated tech side 81 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: of their company. Even the control of oil pumping through 82 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: these pipelines that go all across America is controlled by 83 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: machine learning AI and computer systems. Fast forward to today, 84 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,119 Speaker 2: and there has been declarations of a transport emergency in 85 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: about seventeen different US states. North Carolina actually went as 86 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 2: far as declaring a state of emergency. There are massive 87 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: lines to fill up a tank of petrol, and again 88 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: that's not necessarily only because of a short on the ground, 89 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: but because of a fear that the petrol supply is 90 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 2: about to run out. 91 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: So I know you want to give all the information 92 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: you can, but let's just take a step back. Who 93 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: do they think is responsible for this attack? 94 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: We're kind of sitting with two quite distinct answers. On 95 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: one hand, President Biden has come out and said that 96 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 2: a Russian based group was behind the cyber attack. He said, 97 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: so far, there is no evidence from our intelligence people 98 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 2: that Russia is involved, although there is evidence that actors 99 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: and ransomware is from Russia. Russia quickly rejected this accusation 100 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 2: and categorically rejected the baseless fabrications of individual journalists. That's 101 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: a quote from the Russian embassy in the United States. 102 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 2: On the other hand, the FBI have identified a group 103 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: called Dark Side, and this is a group that has 104 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 2: actually claimed responsibility for the hacking. Now. Dark Side are 105 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: known for a unique way of ransomware attacks, and that 106 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: is that they extort money from companies and give a 107 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 2: cut to charity. This is not the first that dark 108 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 2: Side may have been involved in a ransomware attack. They 109 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: have launched attacks last year asking for anywhere between a 110 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: few hundred thousand dollars to a few million dollars, all 111 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 2: paid in bitcoin. After the companies delivered the money to 112 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 2: dark Side, dark Side supplied the companies with a program 113 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 2: that unlocks its computing systems. Tech experts say that the 114 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: characteristics of this attack on Colonial Pipeline seem to be 115 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 2: very similar to other dark Side attacks from last year, 116 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 2: but nobody knows for sure who's responsible here. Looking forward, 117 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: there's two key questions. One will the East Coast of 118 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 2: America run out of petrol? And two where the Colonial 119 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 2: pipelines will actually pay the ransom that the hacker is 120 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 2: demanding of them. The key takeaway I took from this 121 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: story was also about how fragile our computing systems might 122 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 2: be to these really sophisticated ransomware attacks to attack things 123 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: like electricity, petrol, supply, water and other utilities that society 124 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: needs to run. It's a new style of warfare, but 125 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 2: it's nonetheless disruptive to the way that we live our lives, 126 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: and it's something that I think we're going to be 127 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: talking about for a number of decades to come. 128 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: That is all we have time for today, but as always, 129 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: please follow the Day's News on Instagram at the Daily os. 130 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: It's where over one hundred thousand Australians get their news 131 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: every day and we'd love you to become part of 132 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: the community. 133 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 2: It would mean the world to us if you could 134 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: follow us on Apple or Spotify and leave a review. 135 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: If you're enjoying this podcast, we love bringing it to 136 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: you every day.