ST Industry 4.0 | July 2021

Colonial Pipeline became the victim of a ransomware on May 8th, and as a result, all operations had to be stopped. Eray Atlas from OTD Bilisim said that: “The attack against Colonial Pipeline points out to the closure of fuel pipeline and need for increased OT security.”

One of the biggest fuel pipelines in USA,Colonial Pipeline was exposed to a ransomware attack on May 8, and had to stop all operations. The attack committed against Colonial Pipeline where nearly the half of the petrol and gas in East Coast is obtained is the latest example showing why cyber attackers target petrol and gas industries.