Colonial Pipeline case cited to argue critical infrastructure remote access is a real attack surface
cyb3rops · x · 2026-10-11
Amid the debate over whether AI could cut off water and power supplies, cyb3rops backs a former critical-infrastructure automation engineer: ICS networks are not fully isolated. He cites the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack (DarkSide group, $4.4M in bitcoin paid) and other publicly reported breaches, noting that these systems prioritize availability, so service personnel need remote access — a real attack surface.
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