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Cyberattack Forces Shutdown of Major U.S. Pipeline
securityweek.com/ ^ | 5/8/2021 | Mike Lennon

Posted on 05/08/2021 9:13:49 AM PDT by bitt

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1 posted on 05/08/2021 9:13:49 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/08/2021 9:14:03 AM PDT by bitt (People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.)
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‘In 2019, an audit from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) needed to address weaknesses in the management of key aspects of its pipeline security program.

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In 2014, several natural gas pipeline operators in the United States were affected by a cyberattack that hit a third-party communications system, but the incident did impact operational technology.
Following a review in how the TSA manages its pipeline security program, the GAO made a series of recommendations in December 2018 to address discovered weaknesses, which include updating pipeline security guidelines, planning for workforce needs, assessing pipeline risks, and monitoring program performance.

Back in 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned that malicious actors had been targeting the natural gas industry. ‘


3 posted on 05/08/2021 9:15:01 AM PDT by bitt (People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.)
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4 posted on 05/08/2021 9:16:53 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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The enemies of America are the enemies of pipelines serving America.


5 posted on 05/08/2021 9:17:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Probably CIA.


6 posted on 05/08/2021 9:24:22 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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Starting to boil down to the alligator’s choice ??


7 posted on 05/08/2021 9:29:09 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die )
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Who knew?

OBiden Administrators, would again, be found shipping money out of the country and the hands of the people as fast as they can.

Trump was a set back.

The People slept for decades too long.
As a result the Piper-paying is now in effect, against us.

Never nap.


8 posted on 05/08/2021 9:33:33 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia -> The Farm team, for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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Businesses get excited about how much money they save by automating. Then they refuse to invest in internet security.


9 posted on 05/08/2021 9:34:23 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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We are in the midst of WW3, and the CCP is winning.


10 posted on 05/08/2021 9:41:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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This was just a shot across the bow of the ship America by Red China.

The CCP is giving the US a hint of what will happen all over our US if the US government and military try to stop China on the day the CCP military invades Tiawan.

Our government, federal, state and local have to improve the cyber defenses. So do all our companies running our essential services. Do this now our suffer later.


11 posted on 05/08/2021 9:56:55 AM PDT by RicocheT
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"The CCP is giving the US a hint of what will happen"

Out reply could be to cause the three gorges dam to spring a leak.

12 posted on 05/08/2021 10:15:49 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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Are they running Win98?


13 posted on 05/08/2021 10:18:49 AM PDT by sevlex
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"OH! ... I KNOW!! I KNOW!! I KNOW!! Trump colluded with the Russians to destroy President Biden's GREAT economy!!!"

Yep. No doubt about it.

14 posted on 05/08/2021 10:45:28 AM PDT by Gritty (Political opponents using the law as a weapon threaten the very foundation of our liberty-Pres Trump)
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Fuel pipeline, yes. Could have been Chinese/Russian/Nork hackers, or it could have been domestic cyber terrorists. Somebody wants this to happen, and so it will, more and more often.

Chances are that electrical grid will be attacked this summer, at it’s hottest. Plus it is easy to predict that the California fire season is going to be particularly bad also. Wonderful.

The Biden administration is conveniently incompetent regarding national security, and cyber security is no exception.


15 posted on 05/08/2021 10:47:20 AM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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Well, that’s one way to jack the price up another 50 cents a gallon.


16 posted on 05/08/2021 10:48:45 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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If it gets bad enough the dormant American people will say “Hey, gas costs too much. The stuff at the grocery story and on Amazon went up due to gas costing too much. I don’t like Biden and Kamala any more. Waaaaaaaa.”

Someone said the real winner from the abrupt stop of the work on the unfinished big pipeline by Biden was China. Canada wanted to send oil to Texas by pipeline but would be told by China to deal with them instead. Win for China.


17 posted on 05/08/2021 10:59:31 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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I thought those blue states on the east coast decided they don’t need hydrocarbons anymore?


18 posted on 05/08/2021 12:37:42 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: frank ballenger

Carter era was during my teens. From what I recall when interest rates spiked, gas was rationed and higher prices followed. He was universally hated by everyone.


19 posted on 05/08/2021 1:31:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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20 posted on 05/08/2021 3:15:19 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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