Cybersecurity
Cyberattack Pings Data Systems of At Least Four Gas Networks
- Oneok system joins Energy Transfer, Boardwalk, Eastern Shore
- Websites for a broad community of companies also affected
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At least four U.S. pipeline companies have seen their electronic systems for communicating with customers shut down over the last few days, with three confirming it resulted from a cyberattack.
On Tuesday, Oneok Inc., which operates natural gas pipelines in the Permian Basin in Texas and the Rocky Mountains region, said it disabled its system as a precaution after determining that a third-party provider was the “target of an apparent cyberattack."