ND in the News: May 2021
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Opening the Word: Witnesses on earth
May 10, 2021
Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is the director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.
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McGrath Institute for Church Life
WBUR
What The Ransomware Pipeline Attack Says About U.S. Infrastructure
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May 10, 2021
Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Mike Chapple, cyber-security expert and information technology professor at The University of Notre Dame, about what the attack says about U.S. infrastructure vulnerabilities.
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Mendoza
NPR
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down A Top U.S. Gasoline Pipeline
May 09, 2021
"The fact that this attack compromised systems that control pipeline infrastructure indicates that either the attack was extremely sophisticated or the systems were not well secured," said Mike Chapple, a computer science professor at Notre Dame.
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USA Today
Capitol riot spurred conspiracy charge against 31 suspects, but how hard is it to prove?
May 09, 2021
“It doesn’t have to be a sophisticated plan. It doesn’t even have to be a good plan in order to support a conspiracy charge,” said Jimmy Gurulé, a University of Notre Dame law professor.
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Notre Dame Law School
Associated Press
Cyberattack on U.S. pipeline is linked to criminal gang
May 09, 2021
Mike Chapple, teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a former computer scientist with the National Security Agency, said systems that control pipelines should not be connected to the internet and vulnerable to cyber intrusions.
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Associated Press
Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
May 08, 2021
Mike Chapple, teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and a former computer scientist with the National Security Agency, said systems that control pipelines should not be connected to the internet and vulnerable to cyber intrusions.
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Mendoza
Forbes
Cyber Attack Shuts Down Vital Fuel Pipeline To Northeast U.S.
May 08, 2021
Regardless of how quickly Colonial gets operations restored, “this pipeline shutdown sends the message that core elements of our national infrastructure continue to be vulnerable to cyberattack,” says Mike Chapple, a computer scientist and professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Pipeline Cyberattack Forces Closure
May 08, 2021
Mike Chapple, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Notre Dame and former National Security Agency official, said the Colonial Pipeline attack appeared to show the hackers were “extremely sophisticated” or that the systems weren’t properly secured.
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