IBM Vet Leads Company Behind Pipeline System Shut by Attack

April 4, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

An obscure, private equity-backed company in Massachusetts is behind the system targeted by a cyberattack that halted electronic communications for the operators thousands of miles of natural gas pipeline in the U.S.

Here are three things to know about Energy Services Group LLC and its business unit Latitude Technologies.

Small Company, Big Reach

Though Energy Services Group has between 51 and 200 employees, according to its LinkedIn page, it has more than 300 energy clients serving over 9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in the U.S., Canada and Japan, including in 22 U.S. states. The company didn’t respond ...

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