Cyber attack on U.S. Gas Pipeline

Cyber-Attack Shuts Down Biggest Gasoline Pipeline in US–Colonial Pipeline

Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast’s fuel supply, after a cyber attack that the company said was caused by ransomware.

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities have become a systemic issue,” said Algirde Pipikaite, cyber strategy lead at the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurity.

“Unless cybersecurity measures are embedded in a technology’s development phase, we are likely to see more frequent attacks on industrial systems like oil and gas pipelines or water treatment plants,” Pipikaite added.

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We are spending trillions of dollars, a lot on pork, but we can't combat cyber attacks? This one is a national threat.