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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by cm2187 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:51AM (#27192188)
The other thing is when you have hackers in your network, shutting down the things that could be physically dangerous if they access it, until you know what you are facing and you identified the compromised machines, doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
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Re:The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, Shutdown to Make Sure Its... by flaubere on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:36AM (#27193018)
That depends on what the alternative is. If it involves clueless people filling up garbage bags with gasoline and storing them in their kitchens perhaps letting the pipeline continue to run would have been safer.
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