Colonial Pipeline stopping all operations due to cyberattack

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If you have to fill your tank, that's one thing. To bring several huge gas cans to the station just ruins it for everyone.
 
This attack is a good thing. Its big enough to get noticed for Americans to understand this country is not in anyway protected against this stuff.
How a rag tag group can secure a major pipeline in the USA is just the tip of the iceberg.
This stuff has been happening for years to smaller industries, computers get locked down, pay $300,000 to unlock them. Most Americans unaware but when it comes to something big like this, maybe then they will insist on their public servants to deal with it. Before a forge in government can flip a switch and shut us down.
The next war may be on the internet, not the ground.
Not a political statement, just an observation.
 
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It's hard to admin air-gapped networks, and gets harder every year.
Typically you have to be a better cut of talent, because you cannot export diagnostic data across the air-gap to troubleshoot problems, and vendors (cough, RedHat) expect you to or close your trouble tickets. You end up solving a lot more technical issues, or (even worse) you don't and the systems aren't as healthy as they otherwise would be.
 
Got to thinking about this some more … we get trained on cyber security and have mock phishing attacks often … and you don’t want to fail them … multiple layers of management get the reports …
But attacks are so often initiated with “click this bait” …
So with many websites requiring you to click yes, no, accept, more info (cookies etc) … is it possible to plant malware behind those “buttons” ?
Depending on the browser, and if it is vulnerable, yes, all it takes is the right piece of code to create an "in".
 
And to think I felt bad filling my (1) 5 gallon can of 91 octane ethanol free for the John Deere, push mower and Polaris
 
That was what the article said on May 8, not what I say. How would I know? I didn’t say that let’s be clear, the article I referred to did and it was last Saturday. When it’s picked out of context it makes it seem like I said that. I didn’t. The article is in the original post.
I wasn't insinuating you said it. I was just quoting and posting what had already happened in my area.
 
The next thing we’ll be reading about is all the accidents from storing gasoline. Your insurance company would be very interested to know that you have 8 Jerry Cans of gasoline in the garage.
The F350 with a 38 gallon tank and the F150 with a 23 gallon tank and a 20190 Focus with a [13 ] gallon tank all parked in the same garage any different?
 
Yes! Gas cans tend to leak fumes.
Could get some of those much-hated recent cans for storing gasoline in the garage. I have one and I've never noticed a gas smell. [Only storing 5 gallons or so. If I had more I'd store out in a shed somewhere.]
 
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