Hear Biden s response to Colonial Pipeline attack 02:36 (CNN)The White House said Monday there are no issues with fuel supply as officials worked urgently to ascertain the scope and fallout of a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies much of the eastern United States its gasoline an incident that laid bare vulnerabilities in the country s aging energy infrastructure.
President Joe Biden and senior White House officials said the administration was working closely with Colonial Pipeline to mitigate the effects of the ransomware attack and subsequent shutdown of the pipeline.
But both the President and officials leading the response repeatedly acknowledged their roles were limited because Colonial Pipeline is a private company, even though it controls the fuel supply to most of the East Coast.
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David has been with Team Cymru since 2007. Prior, he served in the US Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer. He then worked at Indiana University where he helped to build some of the most powerful computational systems of their day. He transitioned to cybersecurity and helped launch the Research and Education Networking ISAC. At Team Cymru, he has been an engineering leader a Community Services team member, and a security analyst. David led efforts to secure the firm’s intelligence infrastructure and established processes the firm relies on today. Currently, David assists CSIRT teams worldwide and fosters data sharing partnerships.
/PRNewswire/ What s the News? EPAM acquires White-Hat Ltd., a leading cybersecurity services company. Why it s Important? Enterprise organizations are.
EPAM acquires Israeli cybersecurity co White-Hat
White-Hat, which has been involved in managing some of the most high profile cybersecurity crises in Israel, has 65 employees in Tel Aviv.
US digital platform engineering company EPAM Services Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has announced that it is acquiring Israeli cybersecurity company White-Hat. No financial details about the deal were disclosed but market sources believe the acquisition is for about $50 million in cash and shares. The only shareholder in the company is chairman Sharon Nimirovski, who will continue to lead the company after the acquisition together with CEO Ofer Levinger.
White-Hat, which has been involved in some of the high profile cybersecurity crises in Israel in recent years, was founded in 2013 by Nimirovski and has 65 employees in Tel Aviv.