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On the recordJune 14, 2021
The attack on May 7 that resulted in the week-long shutdown of 5,500 miles of petroleum pipeline on the East Coast clearly represents a significant cyber attack on critical transportation infrastructure.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson emphasizes the severity of the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack.

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