Cybersecurity
Colonial Pipeline Sought Cyber Manager Months Before Hack
- Job opening posted well ahead of crippling ransonware attack
- Pipeline outage has prompted panic buying, gasoline shortages
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The company targeted in the biggest pipeline hack in history began searching for a cyber-security manager two months ago.
Colonial Pipeline sought someone with a master’s degree in computer science to develop and maintain “an incident response plan and processes to address potential threats,” according to the company’s website. The ad also was posted on LinkedIn and job-seeking sites.