Erelis@17
I don't think that Colonial used the Russia card. That came from another source. As far as a cyberattack is concerned it lacks credibility for a couple of rather obvious reasons:
1) To have an effective cyberattack you need a complex automated system that can be entered and manipulated to do what you want as opposed to just shutting off the power. Colonial has said that they didn't know the severity of the leak and therefore didn't know how bad the leak was. That implies that the system is not highly automated and lacks even sensors to monitor a significant problem. Consider that the Russians knew exactly what the Ukrainians were stealing from the gas pipelines that transited to Europe. Simply waiting will give the answer anyway, if it's down for more than a few days it wasn't a cyberattack, it means they are plugging some of the leaks before they turn it back on.
2) The timing is simply too perfect. You have this pipeline that is an ecological disaster that absolutely has to be fixed. There is never a good time to shut this thing down, it simply carries too much fuel to not cause a major supply disruption.
By by blaming the Russians they keep the animosity focused not only on the Russians but just as important off of the operator of the pipeline, the EPA and a host of other state and federal institutions that have been tasked with monitoring something like this.
Posted by: anon48 | May 11 2021 20:34 utc | 22
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