Colonial Pipeline Hack
Revisiting the facts after a week of news
One of my articles on Data Breaches.
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Any time a major cyberattack occurs, news organizations of all types rush to get out the news and report on the available facts to get the “scoop”. In my classes, I warn students to wait a few days before coming to a conclusion as often the facts evolve as new information emerges. Let’s take a look at the big picture now that we have more facts, starting with this one:
The pipeline was restarted as of Wednesday, May 12th.
If you are out of gas at your local station it is on the way.
Now let’s start from the top:
On May 7, the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack. We have since determined that this incident involves ransomware.
The Colonial Pipeline took systems offline:
In response, we proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems. Upon learning of the issue…
