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Asleep on Duty – The Colonial Gas Pipeline Hack Exposes Massive Holes in America’s Cybersecurity

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Wes O'Donnell
May 12, 2021
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The Colonial Pipeline is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S. It’s 5,500 miles long and can carry three million barrels of fuel per day between Texas and New York.

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Or, at least, it could before it was attacked by criminal hackers operating on Russian soil, under the protection of …

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