Posted on Jun 16, 2021
One password allowed hackers to disrupt Colonial Pipeline, CEO tells senators
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Interesting read: Blount said. "It was a complicated password, I want to be clear on that. It was not a Colonial123-type password."
Interesting read: Blount said. "It was a complicated password, I want to be clear on that. It was not a Colonial123-type password."
One password allowed hackers to disrupt Colonial Pipeline, CEO tells senators
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Heck, even I use multifactor authentication passwords for my important files! SFC (Join to see)
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NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - The head of Colonial Pipeline told U.S. senators on Tuesday that hackers who launched last month’s cyber attack against the company and disrupted fuel supplies to the U.S. Southeast were able to get into the system by stealing a single password.
Colonial Pipeline Chief Executive Joseph Blount told a U.S. Senate committee that the attack occurred using a legacy Virtual Private Network (VPN) system that did not have multifactor authentication in place. That means it could be accessed through a password without a second step such as a text message, a common security safeguard in more recent software.
NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - The head of Colonial Pipeline told U.S. senators on Tuesday that hackers who launched last month’s cyber attack against the company and disrupted fuel supplies to the U.S. Southeast were able to get into the system by stealing a single password.
Colonial Pipeline Chief Executive Joseph Blount told a U.S. Senate committee that the attack occurred using a legacy Virtual Private Network (VPN) system that did not have multifactor authentication in place. That means it could be accessed through a password without a second step such as a text message, a common security safeguard in more recent software.
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