A cyberattack forced a temporary shut down
of the largest US fuel pipeline, which carries
nearly half the fuel consumed by the East Coast
Business Insider,
by
Victoria Cavaliere
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
5/8/2021 10:34:26 AM
Colonial Pipeline, the largest US refined fuel pipeline operator, has shut down operations because of a cyberattack, the company said.
After learning it was "the victim of a cybersecurity attack," the pipeline operator on Friday took certain systems offline, temporarily halting pipeline operations and certain IT systems. It also hired an outside cybersecurity firm that is investigating the severity of the breach, the company said in a statement.
"At this time, our primary focus is the safe and efficient restoration of our service
I'm guessing Earth First, Greenpeace, or another eco-warrior NGO is gleefully claiming credit for knee-capping the nation's energy supply.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 5/8/2021 11:38:04 AM (No. 779058)
Connecting these critical systems to the internet is absolutely insane. Stupid beyond belief. And don't tell me about your "multiple layers of security". The ONLY actual security is an "air gap"....i.e. NO CONNECTION to the internet at all. And if you really care about security, ALL computers on your local system, which is isolated from the net, must have their unibus ports physically removed or filled with epoxy. All sorts of attacks have occurred via a mem stick stuck into a unibus port.
Get a clue, folks.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
daisey 5/8/2021 11:44:28 AM (No. 779063)
My guess, Joe’s buddies in Beijing. They know there will be no consequences for this. Check Hunters bank account.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
columba 5/8/2021 11:56:07 AM (No. 779077)
If even allowing a liquid to move downhill is vulnerable because of digital control, a lot of things need to be changed back.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
chumley 5/8/2021 12:15:36 PM (No. 779088)
#2 is right on the money. The only real security, and the least expensive, is no physical connection at all. Anything else can and will be beached sooner or later. It is a certainty. I tried to explain that to the military in the 90's, but was dismissed because I was just a nobody network administrator without many letters after my name.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
snapper451 5/8/2021 12:18:37 PM (No. 779092)
No one would have dared do this under the Trump administration. The weakness, ineptitude, and stupidity of this faux administration is bad for America because our enemies know the president is incapable of an original thought and the vp and worse.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Ribicon 5/8/2021 12:40:22 PM (No. 779127)
Probably the Bidet administration; we need to stop using petroleum so China can keep on polluting.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Geoman 5/8/2021 1:19:04 PM (No. 779158)
FTA: "The company is the country's largest refined products pipeline operator, transporting more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and home heating oil daily through a pipeline system that spans 5,500 miles from Houston, Texas to the New York area." Pipelines from the source rock to the refiners on the Tx-La Gulf Coast are bad but pipelines from Gulf Coast refineries to the leftist strongholds are good and essential?
Why do so many think that giving the leftists a good dose of that which they wish to impose on us all is a bad thing? Let them crank up their "sustainable energy" plants to fuel their luxury electric cars and delivery trucks. These folks brayed for their Anti-American warrior politicians (AOC) to have planned pipelines cancelled (Keystone) and to shut down fossil fuels, now let's see them revel in the future they wish to impose on Normal Americans. If only the food "pipeline" could be interrupted to give the leftists a taste of life without diesel trucks.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Toodles3956 5/8/2021 1:36:54 PM (No. 779169)
It will get fixed as soon as Joe gets the gas prices a lot higher.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
red1066 5/8/2021 2:05:44 PM (No. 779189)
I believe that pipeline runs from the Gulf to storage facilities and refineries along the east coast.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
deerejon 5/8/2021 2:30:56 PM (No. 779197)
Well you can look forward to 6-10 Dollar a gallon Gas for a while
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 5/8/2021 3:01:08 PM (No. 779212)
In away #8, the northeast is self limiting. We haul freight and when offered a load to the northeast I just say, yeah we don’t go to that area. Too many idiot car drivers and too few truck stops. Don’t even get me started on the additional taxes added to the fuel price. Freight to the northeast does pay very well but it’s not worth the headaches. And the DOT police think truckers are an awesome source of revenue. We don’t do Cali either. A lot of truckers won’t go there either due to their insane CARB regulations.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Geoman 5/8/2021 3:21:40 PM (No. 779228)
Re: #10:
FTA: "The company (Colonial Pipeline) is the country's largest refined products pipeline operator, transporting more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and home heating oil, daily through a pipeline system that spans 5,500 miles from Houston, Texas to the New York area."
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 5/8/2021 3:32:31 PM (No. 779232)
A gas pipeline was intentionally damaged in Aspen Colorado 4-5 months ago. It caused tremendous problems in a limited geographical area for several days. The FBI was 'looking into it''. It got very little news coverage for some reason.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Omen55 5/8/2021 5:25:03 PM (No. 779292)
Hackers should have their hands hacked off.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 5/8/2021 5:34:09 PM (No. 779295)
We don't need pipelines. Just ask Biden and Warren Buffet if you don't believe me.
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