GlobalData: Colonial attack will concentrate government and operators' minds on ransomware threat

摘要

Following the disclosure of the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, David Bicknell, Principal Analyst, Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: "The economic impact wrought by this cyberattack will bring home to government and energy operators the vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. "This is not the first ransomware cyberattack on an oil and gas utility - and it won't be the last - but it is the most serious. It is also potentially one of the most successful cyberattacks against US critical national infrastructure.