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US pipelines ordered to increase cyber defenses after hack

by Ben Fox
| May 27, 2021 3:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. pipeline operators will be required for the first time to conduct a cybersecurity assessment under a Biden administration directive in response to the ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month.

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