I'm willing to bet money this was a cyber-terrorist attack. Unfortunately we'll never know. If a link were established, it would be the subject of a gag order on grounds of national security. But more likely, the true root cause will never be found because the authorities didn't do a deep enough forensic analysis. It's too easy to blame something this on mechanical failure, especially in America's aging infrastructure. They won't even think to look at the PLCs and control systems that control the gas pumps :/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/us/politics/russian-hacke...
I'm willing to bet money this was a cyber-terrorist attack. Unfortunately we'll never know. If a link were established, it would be the subject of a gag order on grounds of national security. But more likely, the true root cause will never be found because the authorities didn't do a deep enough forensic analysis. It's too easy to blame something this on mechanical failure, especially in America's aging infrastructure. They won't even think to look at the PLCs and control systems that control the gas pumps :/