The Department of Homeland Security has issued the first cybersecurity regulation for the pipeline sector.
The regulation, issued Thursday morning, is part of the Biden administration’s efforts to bolster security for national infrastructure after a company that operates the largest fuel pipeline in the country was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this month.
Colonial Pipeline shut down all pipeline operations after it was hacked by a group believed to be Russian criminals, who locked some of its computers and demanded a ransom to set them free. read more here