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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by ignoramous on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:28PM (#27102080)
> It needs to be asked again, why are critical services on the Internet?

From TFA:

Digital Shadows thinks the Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack has come about due to the coronavirus pandemic - the rise of engineers remotely accessing control systems for the pipeline from home... believe DarkSide bought account login details relating to remote desktop software like TeamViewer and Microsoft Remote Desktop.

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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by gbear605 on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:22AM (#27102662)
So fast food workers were “essential workers” but oil pipeline control system engineers aren’t?

Projects that require a security clearance have to be done from inside of a secure facility. This clearly needs to be the same level.

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