Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network [telecom]

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Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network

An attack on a shared data network forced four natural-gas pipeline operators to temporarily shut down computer communications with customers.

Here's the most important part of this story:

No gas service was interrupted, the companies said, and the interruption of customer transactions was merely a precaution. It was unclear whether any customer data was stolen.

Which leads me to ask: "Where's the fire?" This kind of alarmist drivel is beneath the Times, and it's either a de facto admission that Americans are now a comic-book culture, or confirmation that our children listened to way too much bad music.

Bill Horne Moderator