Government oversight ends at the cash under the table----- Tech audit of Colonial Pipeline found 'glaring' problems | Design and Development Today

Tech audit of Colonial Pipeline found 'glaring' problems | Design and Development Today

• Consultants suggested that "an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system."

BOSTON (AP) — An outside audit three years ago of the major East Coast pipeline company hit by a cyberattack found “atrocious” information management practices and “a patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems,” its author told The Associated Press.

“We found glaring deficiencies and big problems,” said Robert F. Smallwood, whose consulting firm delivered an 89-page report in January 2018 after a six-month audit. “I mean an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system.”

How far the company, Colonial Pipeline, went to address the vulnerabilities isn't clear...Read all.