Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5M in Ransom
It should be noted that Colonial had several infosec openings at the time of the attack. While having those filled might not have prevented this attack, it also might have or at least put them in a better response position.<p>There are lots of infosec openings across the country but compensation doesn&#x27;t seem to be rising in response. It appears that companies are fine with leaving these positions open for long periods of time. As long as the position actually exists, they&#x27;re not all that concerned with filling it. This might be complacency creep. Everyone staffed up after the cluster of breaches that happened around the time of the Target and Equifax breaches. A lack of other high profile breaches or attacks might be why many companies have become lax in keeping their staffs full.