Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has grave consequences
The ramifications of a major ransomware attack against a US fuel pipeline operator could spread far and wide
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The consequences of Friday’s DarkSideransomware attack against the operator of the Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the US, are spreading rapidly, with real-world disruption now cascading throughout the US energy sector, providing an object lesson in the importance of protecting critical national infrastructure (CNI).
Over the weekend, the US government declared an emergency and the Department of Transportation (DoT) temporarily relaxed regulations across most of the Mid-Atlantic and southern US, and Texas, that govern how long truckers are permitted to remain behind the wheel, to improve flexibility in the fuel supply chain.
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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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