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Colonial Pipeline, which oversees more than 5,500 miles of pipeline that supplies fuel throughout the U.S. East Coast, confirmed Saturday that a ransomware attack
Colonial Pipeline, which oversees more than 5,500 miles of pipeline that supplies fuel throughout the U.S. East Coast, confirmed Saturday that a ransomware attack
Get Permission Following the hacking of a Florida water treatment plant, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning the operators of other plants to be on the lookout for hackers who exploit remote access software and outdated operating systems - and to take risk mitigation steps. But the advice applies to other organizations as well, some security experts say. The investigation into the breach of the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, continues. Local officials say a hacker gained remote access to a system to increase the amount of lye in the city's water sys...
Like other small towns, Oldsmar likely faces budget restrictions, which puts it in the difficult position of balancing scarce resources. But the hack shows that despite the increased focus on industrial control system and SCADA security, a calamity could be a ghostly mouse click away. The city hasn't yet revealed more details, but Oldsmar's IT security problems have been laid bare in an advisory issued by the state of Massachusetts to its own water treatment plants, as reported by The Associated Press. And if you suspected that Oldsmar's IT security controls were substandard, then you wer...
Like other small towns, Oldsmar likely faces budget restrictions, which puts it in the difficult position of balancing scarce resources. But the hack shows that despite the increased focus on industrial control system and SCADA security, a calamity could be a ghostly mouse click away. The city hasn't yet revealed more details, but Oldsmar's IT security problems have been laid bare in an advisory issued by the state of Massachusetts to its own water treatment plants, as reported by The Associated Press. And if you suspected that Oldsmar's IT security controls were substandard, then you wer...