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Ransomware Attack on Colonial Again Shows U.S. Ignores Warning After Warning By Brody Ford and Jennifer A. Dlouhy | May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack that shut down the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline prompted an all-too familiar question in the corridors of power in Washington and boardrooms across the country: Can anyone stop debilitating hacks?
The assault on Colonial Pipeline Co. last week was a particular affront. Not only did it disrupt fuel distribution on the East Coast, it followed an effort by the Biden administration to act against cyber crime especially ransomware, where criminals remotely disable a computer system and demand payment. Colonial was hit on day 37 of a 60-day push by the Department of Homeland Security to confront such attacks.
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Before diving into the details of xxxFIP, let’s discuss its predecessors and what they are trying to measure.
Earned Run Average is the grandfather of pitching statistics, existing since the early 1900s, and is one of the most widely accepted measures of pitcher quality. It is a relatively simple statistic, taking the rate of earned runs given up for every nine innings pitched. An earned run is a run which the pitcher gives up that wasn’t the fault of a defensive error. A low ERA is associated with good pitchers, put simply: giving up less runs helps you win games.