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Colonial Pipeline Chief Rejects CISA’s Help, Says Has Plenty Of Private Sector Expertise

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

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Colonial Pipeline Chief Rejects CISA’s Help, Says Has Plenty Of Private Sector Expertise

Joseph Blount, CEO of Colonial Pipeline. Photo: Colonial Pipeline

Pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline, which suffered a significant ransomware attack in May, is working with top cybersecurity firms to help the company in its response and recovery to the attack and doesn’t need similar services from the government, the company’s top executive told a House panel on Wednesday. “Almost immediately” after Colonial Pipeline realized on May 7 that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, the company reached out to the Mandiant division of FireEye [FEYE] to help with…

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