A cyberattack crippled the fuel supply of the East Coast. How did the hackers do it? Author: Matt Gregory Updated: 10:14 AM EDT May 13, 2021
WASHINGTON This whole fuel crisis got started by a cyberattack on colonial Pipeline’s IT infrastructure. Which led to fears of fuel shortage. That was followed quickly by panic gas-buying across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
All of this chaos was started by a ransomware attack, by a hacker group operating in Russia called, “Darkside.”
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Two cyber security experts, Tom Romanoff from the Bipartisan Policy Center and Will Mendez from the cyber security firm, CyZen.
The stories are out there: the smart co-workers who get in their own way instead of getting ahead.
CISOs know them, too. One remembers a brilliant employee who liked to remind others how smart she was and how she deserved way more money than she was making. Another recalls a talented staffer who did exactly what was required, but nothing more. Neither made it very far, as their bosses finally had enough of their drag on morale and decided to let them go.
Those are just two of the many ways to kill your career, say CISOs, career coaches and executive consultants. Some actions, such as illegally accessing computer systems, are obviously fireable offenses, while numerous others will simply halt any upward mobility.