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DHS Cybersecurity Chief Warns That More Ransomware Attacks on Infrastructure Are Likely Following Colonial Attack
The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency warned that following the ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, more and more attacks may hit American infrastructure and businesses in the near future.
Acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brandon Wales made that assertion in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Thursday.
Wales was asked by a senator about whether more ransomware attacks will occur following the success of the Colonial Pipeline hack last week. “That is true,” Wales responded.
PIPELINE SECURITY PROGRAM: House Homeland Security Committee ranking member John Katko
In a letter provided to The Hill and sent to acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brandon Wales, Katko raised questions around the agency’s Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative and assessments conducted on pipeline assets as part of the program.
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“In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident, ensuring the success, growth, and effectiveness of the Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative is more important than ever before,” Katko wrote.
The Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative was founded in 2018 and involves CISA working with the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Energy and critical infrastructure stakeholders to assess and secure U.S. pipeline systems.