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Skip to main content Currently Reading The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the SolarWinds hack were all but inevitable - why national cyber defense is a wicked problem Terry Thompson, Johns Hopkins University May 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Terry Thompson, Johns Hopkins University (THE CONVERSATION) Takeaways: · Software supply chains and private sector infrastructure companies are vulnerable to hackers. · Many U.S. companies outsource software development because o...

By Grace Segers Cyber attack on U.S. pipeline A cyberattack has prompted a company that operates a major energy pipeline in the U.S. to shut down operations. The Colonial Pipeline Company said in a statement it learned on Friday that it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack, and so "proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems."   In an updated statement on Saturd...

Arizona’s ‘Cyber Ninjas’ Usher in New Era of Insane Ballot Attacks Jessica Huseman © Provided by The Daily Beast Getty A private company led by a conspiracy-minded CEO and concerned about security threats from antifa is using UV lights and assessing the “feel” of paper ballots to determine—using unclear and contradictory methodology —which votes in Maricopa County, Arizona, were supposedly fraudulently cast in November. Never before has an election audit been co...

  >>David E Sanger, Clifford Krauss and Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times  Published: 09 May 2021 11:56 AM BdST Updated: 09 May 2021 11:56 AM BdST Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipelines Linden Junction Tank Farm in Woodbridge, New Jersey, US in an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS. One of the nations largest pipelines, which carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East Coast to New York, was forced to shut down after being hit by ransomware in...

Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline The operator, Colonial Pipeline, said it had halted systems for its 5,500 miles of pipeline after being hit by a ransomware attack. A Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Ala. The company said it had learned on Friday that it was the victim of a cyberattack.Credit...Jay Reeves/Associated Press Published May 8, 2021Updated May 13, 2021 One of the nation’s largest pipelines, which carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East ...

The Colonial Pipeline Company announced it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack, forcing a shutdown.

A MASSIVE extremely sophisticated cyberattack was launched against a major US energy pipeline - forcing it to shutdown.Colonial Pipeline said the hack

Over the years the cybersecurity industry has warned state-backed hackers could shut down large chunks of U.S. energy infrastructure in an action of g

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The warning comes after a breach at the Police Department in Washington, D.C. • 4 min read Hackers demand $50 million from Acer in ransomware attack A ransomware group is reportedly giving the Taiwanese computer maker until Sunday to pay up or its stolen data will be leaked.Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that cyberattacks -- specifically ransomware attack...

Secretary of Homeland Security to Participate in U.S. Chamber of Commerce NOW + NEXT On Wednesday, May 5, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will participate in a virtual event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce entitled NOW + NEXT: Countering Ransomware Webinar.  Secretary Mayorkas will speak about why protecting against ransomware is a national security priority and a critical issue for small businesses.  Following his remarks, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS...