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Pumps run dry on day five of Colonial Pipeline cyber attack: Cars line up outside stations across the South
Daily Mail ^ | 10:55 EDT, 11 May 2021 | HARRIET ALEXANDER

Posted on 05/11/2021 4:02:19 PM PDT by conservative98

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To: Starcitizen

Ya think????


81 posted on 05/12/2021 6:18:59 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.... )
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To: steve86

Procrastination on someone’s part.

Not mine.....


82 posted on 05/12/2021 6:35:38 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.... )
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To: Rebelbase

Our yard wasn’t that big, but I hear you about the rest.


83 posted on 05/12/2021 6:36:19 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.... )
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To: Cedar
Shut down 5 days ago, and not back at normal yet? Their IT security probably had multiple backups, wouldn’t they? While they decide whether to pay or not. Forgive if that’s a dumb question.

Not a dumb question. IMO, if this company didn't have backups of any important systems, that was criminally negligent. Where I work, we have annual tests of disaster recovery tasks for each of our applications. We assume our western data center has slid into the pacific ocean, and execute our recovery on our central data center.

This isn't rocket science. There are known catastrophic risks out there. A competent IT department plans for that.

84 posted on 05/12/2021 6:43:45 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Starcitizen

I’m not sure I’d blame the H1B’s. Remember that Colonial is governed by federal hiring rules as they do business with federal entities.

I’ll bet their staffing is required to follow federal hiring guidelines. No telling how many less qualified IT personal they have to hire to meet the required quotas.

Although we will never know how the breach happened, it ma have been as simple as some not so qualified person doing something a truly qualified IT person would know not to.


85 posted on 05/12/2021 6:43:59 AM PDT by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: CodeJockey

Remember prior to Trump’s Executive Order last year, there was no restrictions on using H1Bs in any federal contractor

That executive order was short-lived and blocked by an Obama Federal Judge…

https://nearshoreamericas.com/president-trump-bans-companies-from-using-h1b-visa-holders-for-federal-contracts/


86 posted on 05/12/2021 8:14:14 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: zeugma

Thanks, appreciate your informed reply!


87 posted on 05/12/2021 9:31:30 AM PDT by Cedar
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To: conservative98

It’s up another 8 cents today, after the 5 cent hike yesterday. In Pennsylvania.


88 posted on 05/12/2021 1:17:32 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: conservative98

Just saw something that Colonial paid the ransom, wonder how much they paid.


89 posted on 05/12/2021 6:28:50 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page)
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