The Colonial Pipeline shutdown: latest news and how the US can prepare for next time - PBS NewsHour

[Rhiannon12866]

Nearly a week after a ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down, the company announced it has restored service. The shutdown disrupted gas supplies along the East Coast — full recovery may still take days. The attack has highlighted the vulnerability of U.S. infrastructure to similar attacks. Cynthia Quarterman, a Distinguished Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, joins.

[Scrivener7]

1. This is a tough one because I am damned if I would vote for anyone who would advocate

spending my tax dollars on improving the security of Koch-backed companies like Colonial. Or all the other republiQan-owned, tax-rebate-grubbing oil companies.

And most industries of interest to hackers - energy, fuel, communications, military supplies - are similarly owned.

Regulations to make them improve their security would be nice, but you know all these guys think themselves above regulations if the regulations get in the way of the money or stock price.

[mitch96]

2. Wouldn't it be neat if the NSA/FBI/CIA etc hacked the Darkside hackers? Like deny them

the ability to get their money out of bitcoin? or blow up their "tools"..
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