Cyberattacks Against U.S. Infrastructure Are ‘Here To Stay’ After 100-Gigabyte Colonial Pipeline Hack, Biden Official Warns

Cyberattacks Against U.S. Infrastructure Are ‘Here To Stay’ After 100-Gigabyte Colonial Pipeline Hack, Biden Official Warns

Share to Linkedin Two days after a hacking group forced the nation's biggest gasoline pipeline to shut down, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo cautioned Sunday morning that cyberattacks against U. S. businesses and infrastructure are "here to stay" and becoming more frequent, joining a chorus of government officials urging Congress to help better prepare the private sector for future attacks. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee during a ... [+] hearing on Capitol Hill on April 20. "This is what businesses now have to worry about," Raimondo said to CBS' Face the Nation of the ransomware attack and data hack that led Colonial Pipeline, the nation's top fuel pipeline operator, to shut down Friday. Though she didn't give a timeline for when the pipeline, which supplies roughly 45% of gas to the nation's East Coast, would restart operations, Raimondo said President Joe Biden has been briefed on the attack and is working closely with the company and local officials to commence normal operations "as quickly as possible" and without supply disruptions. "The implications for this, on our national security, cannot be overstated," Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who sits on the chamber's energy committee and represents one of