On April 3, four natural gas pipelines were impacted in a cyberattack on a third-party electronic data interchange service provider that is widely used within the energy sector. As concerns mount following the online hack, Jackson Walker partner Sara Hollan Chelette spoke with Oil Daily about how companies can be vigilant with the basics.

“Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, and data encryption are among the first defenders against hackers.”

In the article, Sara warned that hackers regularly target communications systems to find information such as network access and credentials so they can gain access to and disrupt operational systems.

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