Colonial pipeline which is an 8851 km pipeline carries the gasoline & jet fuel in the USA (Texas). The pipeline server was hit by a ransomware attack on 08/09 May 2021.
As per Wikipedia information, the Colonial Pipeline is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S. The pipeline - consisting of two tubes - is 5,500 miles long and can carry 3 million barrels of fuel per day between Texas and New York. It is operated by Colonial Pipeline Company, which is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
It Shows that how vulnerable is the energy sector.
Unconfirmed sources state that the Ransom paid was $5 Million in cryptocurrency.
The USA has woken up and is incorporating the $4 trillion packages to include cybersecurity
Lessons for India: Reliance, IOC, BPCL etc to wake up and do learn a lesson from it.
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