NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colonial Pipeline Chief Executive Joseph Blount told a senate committee on Tuesday that the company’s cyber defenses were in place, but were compromised ahead of an attack last month.
The hearing was convinced to examine threats to critical infrastructure and the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack that shut the company’s major fuel conduits last month.
(Reporting By Stephanie Kelly and Jessica Resnick-Ault; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
