Security News > 2022 > May > One year removed from the Colonial Pipeline attack, what have we learned?

With May 7 marking the one-year anniversary of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, reflecting back on some of the lessons that have been gathered may help organizations be more prepared for attacks in the future.

Several cybersecurity experts gave their opinions on both what enterprises should look out for and even what cybercriminals learned in the wake of the attack as well.

As a brief recap, hackers infiltrated the billing infrastructure of the company, disabling the pipeline operation as Colonial Pipeline could not adequately bill their customers.

One of the most important revelations of the Colonial Pipeline attack was that cybersecurity in the critical operations sectors needed upgrading.

On the flip side, hackers may have also realized how profitable ransomware can truly be when looking at the millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline and other critical infrastructure attacks.

While the circumstances behind the attack were unfortunate, the information gleaned from the Colonial Pipeline attack may have been necessary long-term for everyone in the cybersecurity field.

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