Pipeline cyberattack raises concerns about leak safety, federal oversight

Pipeline cyberattack raises concerns about leak safety, federal oversight 

by John Ruch, Reporter Newspapers (May 13, 2021) – “The Pipeline Safety Trust, a watchdog group based in Washington state, has no information that the Colonial hackers caused any leak, according to Rebecca Craven, the group’s program director… ‘The lack of mandatory requirements [for pipelines] is an issue. There are that kind of mandatory cybersecurity requirements in the electric grid world,’ said Craven. ‘It’s way past time that there was a uniform standard of security that these operators need to meet.’”