The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown: The Costs and Vulnerabilities of Cyber Insecurity

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The pipeline is back on line but millions of Americans are still running on empty and struggling to find gas. In this episode Dan discusses the Colonial Pipeline shut down, the Biden Administration's callous response that if people drove electric vehicles it wouldn't be a problem, and the real concerns of cyber security vulnerabilities on the American way of life.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
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0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back folks. We are trying to get back to normal here.
0:27.0	I will pump out more podcasts for you as long as you give me five stars.
0:31.0	Today I want to talk about the colonial pipeline issue.
0:35.0	And unpack that a little bit.
0:37.0	You've seen a lot of news stories on it.
0:39.0	I'm going to use the next 30 minutes to really try and dive down into it
0:42.0	and talk about the implications of it.
0:44.0	I've also got a distinguished staffer from my DC office on this podcast.
0:49.0	He shall not be named, but I assure you he's a lovely gentleman.
0:52.0	He's going to help us through this problem.
0:57.0	Let's lay out the basics real quick.
1:00.0	On Friday, May 7th, colonial pipeline was the victim of a ransomware attack.
1:04.0	Shut down the pipeline, connecting the Gulf Coast refineries
1:06.0	and much of the south and eastern portion of the U.S.
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