>>Why are the operations of this pipeline subject to a cyber attack? The pipeline was constructed long before the internet existed. Why are the operations apparently somehow on the internet?
Because people put EVERYTHING on the internet these days even coffee makers.
I know hindsight will always be 2020, but, it seems strange to put everything on the internet. I’m sure computerized operations make things run more smoothly in many businesses. But maybe certain business operations should not be online. Just a thought for the future.
The first webcam on the internet was to track the status of a coffee pot in the computer science department at Cambridge.