Implication of Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage and Explosions

Russia (my assumption) has escalated the war in Ukraine as a result of the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, causing interruptions in the supply of gas to Europe, but while that might not have a direct impact on the United States today, it will have a definite impact.

This occurred at the same time that a new pipeline came online between Norway and Poland.

What this should say to U.S. businesses is that no one is off-limits, either to cyber attacks or physical attacks. At this point, we don’t know whether this was a cyber-physical attack or classical physical attack, but we have seen in the past that cyber-physical is possible and effective.

Companies need to review their preparations for either a cyber or physical attack, even though this attack was in Europe, that does not mean we are safe. Russia considers that the U.S. is Ukraine’s proxy and as a result, at least to Russian hackers, the U.S. is a legitimate target. In light of the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack last year, hackers proved that they could compromise critical infrastructure. On top of that, the FBI issued a warning, quietly, to critical infrastructure operators, that adversary nation state actors had already penetrated critical infrastructure of a dozen or so companies.

Assuming that these actors are only inside a few companies would be a very optimistic viewpoint. The more chaos they can create to distract U.S. authorities, the better.

There is also a new class of ransomware that only does damage. As much damage as possible. Creating more chaos.

Are you prepared?

For more information on the attack, visit MSN here,

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