Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Dale Granger
Publication Issue: 162
Date Published: September 2021
Number of Pages: 4
Abstract:
A two-year investigation finds chinks in offshore rigs' armour.Just how vulnerable the oil and gas industry could be to cyberattacks was demonstrated in May this year when a ransomware assault on the Colonial Pipeline in the United States successfully shut down a 2.5 million barrel per day artery supplying half of the fuel to the East Coast of America.