The boss of Colonial Pipeline has appeared before a Senate Committee to explain the events which led to US East Coast fuel supplies running dry last month and some $5m being handed over in ransom.
Speaking yesterday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Joseph Blount was quizzed about the incident before it became clear that a poorly secured legacy VPN was to blame.
Last week, Charles Carmakal, senior VP at cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which responded to the incident, revealed in an interview, that crooks accessed Colonial Pipeline's network using an old VPN and password thought to have fallen into the wrong hands via the dark web, although investigations are still ongoing.
Speaking yesterday, Blount added ..
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