Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline...

Skip Z

Swamp Daddy
Sounds like Colonial Pipeline’s network isn’t set up well. I believe the computers running the pipeline shouldn’t be connected to the internet for just this reason b

johndiii
Swamp Daddy
: Exactly. Critical infrastructure controllers should be isolated from the internet. That means a somewhat more clumsy protocol for keeping them updated, but it can be done. That said, we also need way better cyber defenses. That needs to extend down to the level of suppliers. The Solarwinds hack should never have happened.