Critical Infrastructure Attacks Remain a Major Threat, Top Security Writer Warns
America’s enemies are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure with cyber attacks, a top investigative security journalist says. Attackers still see an upside in going after critical infrastructure, she said. But protections for much of the area have become more complicated without improving security. The Colonial Pipeline hack is a prime example of the latter development, Zetter said. The company, however, wasn’t prepared for such an event. “The signs were there if Colonial Pipeline had looked,” she said....