The US Department of Justice has recovered more than $2.3m from last month’s Colonial Pipeline hack incident, but questions persist about how the world’s largest economy – and the rest of us, for that matter – can prevent a future attack on its infrastructure systems.
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How did cyber-attackers shut off a US pipeline?
Investigators at the largest fuel pipeline in the US are working to recover from a devastating cyber-attack that cut the flow of oil.
The hack on Colonial Pipeline is being seen as one of the most significant attacks on critical national infrastructure in history.
The pipeline transports nearly half of the east coast s fuel supplies and prices at pumps are expected to rise if the outage is long lasting.
How can a pipeline be hacked?
For many people, the image of the oil industry is one of pipes, pumps and greasy black liquid.
Colonial hack: How did cyber-attackers shut off pipeline?
By Joe Tidy
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Investigators at the largest fuel pipeline in the US are working to recover from a devastating cyber-attack that cut the flow of oil.
The hack on Colonial Pipeline is being seen as one of the most significant attacks on critical national infrastructure in history.
The pipeline transports nearly half of the east coast s fuel supplies and prices at pumps are expected to rise if the outage is long lasting.
How can a pipeline be hacked?
For many people, the image of the oil industry is one of pipes, pumps and greasy black liquid.
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