Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   OK, Here it is, Goofy Date:   5/12/2021 11:58:46 PM

You wanted me to start a thread so I will...not so much because you asked, but because it is something I think is needed.

If I were "King for a Day" I would mandate that all utilities designated as critical....water, electricity, gas, rail, internet, and fuel (i.e., petroleum), etc...be required to have an approved IT backup/alternate site strategy that could neutralize an occurence like that experienced by Colonial Pipeline.  Be it backups of data and software or even a "hot" or "warm" alternate processing capability, they would be required to put a little thought, effort, and yes, dollars into ensuring they could continue operations under cyber attack conditions.  It isn't rocket science and I fear that many such utilities project the future based on the past and, as such, are woefully unprepared to deal with an attack such as the ransomware attack on Colonial.

Folks, this is not in the least a political issue but one of common sense and survival.  We know this group was able to bring Colonial to its knees.  What scares me is what we don't know....such as how many attacks have been successful but the atackers chose to back off before being discovered and put that attack in their kit-bag of methods to use when they really do want to do us great harm.  It is a real threat and deserves immediate and unwavering attention.