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Pipeline cyberattack prompted NYPD to take precautionary action
NYPD reacted to pipeline cyberattack
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said soon after the department learned of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, it quickly spread the word through the CCSI, which stands for Critical Infrastructure Partners.
NEW YORK - Not long after the Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on Friday in a cyberattack, the New York City Police Department was informed.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said the department then quickly spread the word through the CCSI, which stands for Critical Infrastructure Partners, as law enforcement at the federal and state level tried to determine exactly what was happening.