It’s 2021. Do You Know Where Your Cyber Weaknesses Are?
Guarding against equipment hacks hasn't always been a priority for manufacturers, but with cyberattacks on the rise they need to step up their game.
Manufacturers were the most-targeted industry group for cyberattacks in 2020 after the financial sector.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Perhaps the most shocking thing about the recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Co. was that it could have been so much worse. All told, America’s largest fuel pipeline was out of commission for less than a week, having begun the slow process of getting its physical operations back up and running as of Wednesday evening. There were gas shortages across the U.S. Southeast but that had a lot to do with panic buying. Airlines took preventative measures such as adding refueling stops for certain long-haul flights and flying with extra jet fuel to preserve local supplies in affected markets, but the disruption was fairly minimal.