Emily Taylor: Fuel pipeline cyber-attack is ‘extortion’

By 2021-05-10Science & Tech

A ransomware attack on the US Colonial Pipeline was not a surprise, as experts have been warning of increased attacks, Oxford Information Labs chief executive Emily Taylor has said.

She told BBC World News: “Experts have been warning about increased rates of ransomware attacks and also the vulnerability of critical infrastructure such as this pipeline has been well known in cyber-security circles for some time.

“So in one way it is not a surprise – but it is always unfortunate when it happens ... Read even more

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