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Source: The Hill
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By Brian E. Finch,
05.28.21
Co-authored by Pillsbury Public Policy partner Brian Finch, this article in The Hill uncovers cybersecurity in the U.S. and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.
“Over the past several years, entities ranging from small town police departments to business titans like FedEx have fallen prey to the computer virus scourge known as ransomware. In each case, hackers managed to plant malicious encryption software in a victim’s computer system, halting operations until the victim either paid an exorbitant fee to unlock its systems or rebuilt its computer operations from near scratch. Despite the fact that a new entity has been falling victim to ransomware nearly every 14 seconds, those attacks thankfully never managed to cause anything close to a wide-scale disruption of day-to-day life in the United States. Or at least that was the case until that malware worked its way into the systems of Colonial Pipeline.”
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