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Security concerns: cyber threats, pipeline protests and calls for stronger penalties
Summary
Panelists told the subcommittee that pipelines face cybersecurity threats and occasional violent physical attacks; witnesses and members urged stronger deterrence, clarified prosecutorial gaps for attacks on pipelines under construction, and discussed cybersecurity partnerships with federal agencies.
Lawmakers and witnesses used the hearing to review both cybersecurity vulnerabilities and physical attacks on pipeline infrastructure.
Industry witnesses said pipeline operators invest in cybersecurity defenses for SCADA and control systems and partner with federal agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and DHS, to share threat information. "The threats are real that pipeline operators face every day," a…
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