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After Colonial attack, energy companies rush to secure cyber insurance- oil and gas 360

After Colonial attack, energy companies rush to secure cyber insurance

Nasdaq May 28  – U.S. energy companies are scrambling to buy more cyber insurance after this month’s attack on Colonial Pipeline COLPI.UL disrupted the U.S. fuel supply, but they can expect to pay more as cyber insurers plan to hike rates following a slew of ransomware attacks. Source: Nasdaq The Colonial ransomware attack on May 7 shut the largest fuel pipeline network

Colonial Pipeline's shipping communications system is down- oil and gas 360

Colonial Pipeline’s shipping communications system is down

Fox Business The communications system used by shippers on the Colonial Pipeline, which transports more than 100 million gallons of fuel per day, nearly half of the East Coast’s supply, has been knocked offline. Source: Reuters “Our internal server that runs our nomination system experienced intermittent disruptions this morning due to some of the hardening efforts that are ongoing and part of

National gas average tops $3.02 a gallon as hacked pipeline slowly restarts- oil and gas 360

National gas average tops $3.02 a gallon as hacked pipeline slowly restarts

CNBC Gas prices have jumped more than 8 cents in the last week as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown disrupted a crucial artery in the U.S. petroleum industry. Source: CNBC The company said it began to restart operations around 5 p.m. ET Wednesday evening, and said Thursday morning that “product delivery has commenced in a majority” of markets. Colonial Pipeline is

Analysis-Cyberattack exposes lack of required defenses on U.S. pipelines- oil and gas 360

Analysis-Cyberattack exposes lack of required defenses on U.S. pipelines

Reuters WASHINGTON -The shutdown of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline by a ransomware attack highlights a systemic vulnerability: Pipeline operators have no requirement to implement cyber defenses.   Source: Reuters The U.S. government has had robust, compulsory cybersecurity protocols for most of the power grid for about 10 years to prevent debilitating hacks by criminals or state actors. But the