The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued an advisory yesterday highlighting the best cybersecurity practices in wake of the Colonial Pipeline disruption a few weeks ago, which caused a nationwide shortage in petroleum.
The advisory mentions that ransomware – malware that threatens to release a user’s private information in exchange for payment and the reason for the Pipeline shutdown – has become the number one threat to both private and public sector organizations over recent years, and that it has grown in scale and sophistication.
Within the advisory are links that can be accessed for those with questions on how to combat ransomware either in a business or personal setting. PUC also included contact information for those who want to report incidents of cybercrime. You can find all this information within the advisory, which we have below.
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