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Published: Friday, May 14, 2021
Colonial Pipeline fuel tanks in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline Co. s Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Md. A cyberattack on Colonial that disrupted eastern U.S. gasoline supplies has raised questions about federal cybersecurity oversight of major pipelines. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
This story was updated at 9:59 a.m. EDT.
When Colonial Pipeline Co. s computer files were kidnapped by ransomware attackers last week, the company called the FBI for help.
It did not call the top cyber agency at the Department of Homeland Security.
Fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline s Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10, 2021 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Alpharetta, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, which has the largest fuel pipeline, was forced to shut down its oil and gas pipeline system on Friday after a ransomware attack that has slowed down the transportation of oil in the eastern U.S. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
A May 7 ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline largely shut down the largest refined products pipeline system in the U.S., demonstrating the atypical cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities faced by organizations with geographically distributed networks.
Just as oil and gas can flow up and down the pipeline, so can malware, reaching remote facilities whose IT and operational technology systems may not be adequately fortified to defend against an attack. Consequently, one point of compromise can have a cascading effect that impacts fuel distribution across the nation, which in turn ca
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This is one of four articles related to the 2021 State of the Electric Utility Survey Report. To see the other articles and download the report, visit our State of the Electric Utility landing page.
Power companies are more focused than ever on cybersecurity, and experts say results of Utility Dive s 8th annual State of the Electric Utility (SEU) survey show an industry working to better secure the grid. But they also say the responses reveal cause for concern including the potential for misplaced utility efforts and under-investment in emerging technologies Overall, the U.S. electric power industry is doing a good job of addressing known cybersecurity threats, said independent utility security consultant Tom Alrich. But he also questioned the focus many utilities have on securing information networks amid a growing threat to operational technology and industrial control networks.