Hack Prompts New Security Regulations for US Pipelines

Hack Prompts New Security Regulations for US Pipelines
Holding tanks are pictured at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm in Woodbridge, N.J., on May 10, 2021. Hussein Waaile/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The federal government will issue cybersecurity regulations in the coming days for U.S. pipeline operators following a ransomware attack that led to fuel shortages across much of the Eastern Seaboard.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which oversees the nation’s network of pipelines, is expected to issue a security directive this week that will address some of the issues raised by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, a U.S. official said Tuesday.