The Colonial Pipeline hack affected millions of customers and showed the vulnerability of compromised supply chain systems. Over the next weeks, the pipeline gradually returns to business as usual. May 12, Colonial delivers some fuel, but the pipeline remains shut down. May 10, the FBI announces that the criminal organization Darkside orchestrated the hack. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announces temporary service interruptions. Let's take a look at the timeline of events: In May 2021, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in the supply chain to shut down the region’s fuel supply for several days. it covers more than 5,000 miles and provides nearly half the fuel in the region. The Colonial Pipeline, an asset of Colonial Pipeline Co., is the East Coast’s largest oil pipeline. What Happened During the Colonial Pipeline Hack? We'll start with a discussion of what happened and its wider implications for digital transformation in the utilities industry.
Nowhere was this more evident than in the Colonial Pipeline hack. The crisis pushed security teams to quickly find protective measures and limit exposure due to hundreds or thousands of employees accessing company networks remotely.Īt the same time, IT resources were making heroic efforts to protect and support their businesses, hackers and other bad actors exploited gaps and stepped up the theft of individual and company information. Reliance on remote technology saw many companies through the global shutdown during the pandemic.
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