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U.S. Steps Up Pipeline Cyber Rules After Ransomware Attack

The U.S. government has issued new requirements meant to improve the cybersecurity of vital pipelines after Colonial Pipeline was recently hobbled by ransomware. So reports The Hill.

ransomware 3998798 640 smallThe Transportation Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, recently rolled out its second cybersecurity directive in the wake of the Colonial attack.

The latest measure requires pipeline owners and operators to reassess their cybersecurity plans, to take certain steps to defend against ransomware attacks and to draw up recovery plans.

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