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What we can learn from the ransomware attack on US Colonial Pipeline
Cornelia Meyer
May 11, 2021 00:44
Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline s Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, US May 10, 2021. (Reuters)
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The ransomware cyberattacks on the Colonial Pipeline, which carries refined products from the Gulf of Mexico up to New York Harbor, was a shock in more ways than one. The entire Colonial Pipeline system had to be taken offline as a precautionary measure late Friday.
Colonial is the largest products’ pipeline in the US, spanning 5,500 miles and carrying gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from the Gulf of Mexico to the Eastern Seaboard. It has a capacity exceeding 3 million barrels per day (bpd) and habitually carries around 2.5 million bpd. Its importance cannot be overstated for drivers and airlines alike. Several major airports, such as Atlanta Hartsfield, Charlotte, Raleigh Durham, La Guardia and other
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(Bloomberg) A cyber-attack has never taken down a U.S. fuel pipeline quite as big as the Colonial Pipeline. It’s the nation’s largest gasoline, diesel and…