Colonial Pipeline Hack ‘Harbinger’ of Cyber Crimes to Come: ABI

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack exposed “obvious willful ignorance to take cybersecurity seriously,” reported ABI Research Monday. “That there is a sophisticated, organized cybercriminal market for ransomware shouldn’t be news" in the industry, it said. “This hack is a harbinger of cyberthreats to come.” Expanded connectivity brings “continuously increased threat vectors,” it said: Organizations "should always be prepared for an eventual attack, which means architecting their infrastructure so that it can continue to operate despite an ongoing attack.”