After pipeline cyberattack, Ben Sasse and others say nation not adequately prepared
Source: Omaha World Herald-AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack said Monday it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week.
Colonial Pipeline had halted operations Friday because of a ransomware attack that the FBI has linked to a criminal gang. Supplies of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel could be disrupted if service isn't restored soon.
The ransomware attack underscored just how vulnerable critical U.S. infrastructure is to cybercriminals in a way no previous attack has done, say U.S. officials and experts in the field. The entire nation could see a rise in gas prices because of the attack on the pipeline, which carries around 45% of the oil used on the East Coast and runs between Texas and New York.
“There’s obviously much still to learn about how this attack happened, but we can be sure of two things: This is a play that will be run again, and we’re not adequately prepared,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said in a statement on Saturday.
Oil storage tanks owned by Colonial Pipeline Co. in Linden, New Jersey. Colonial Pipeline, operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack, said in a statement late Friday that it “took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.”
MARK LENNIHAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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