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Colonial Pipeline Hit With Issues for Third Time This Month
Newsweak via MSN ^ | 5/28/21 | Jon Jackson

Posted on 05/29/2021 12:42:07 PM PDT by Libloather

The Colonial Pipeline is reportedly facing more issues. A Reuters reporter wrote the company is "experiencing network issues impacting customers' ability to enter and update nominations."

"Our internal IT department is aware of the issue and working to resolve as quickly as possible," Reuters' Devika Krishna Kumar quoted the company as saying on her Twitter account on Friday. Colonial also reported said communication from its systems to Transport4 may also be affected. Transport4 is a business utility used by the pipeline industry to enter, manage and track shipments.

Colonial is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S., and it recently caused gas prices to surge and panic at the pumps for motorists following a ransomware attack.

The pipeline shut down for a second time on May 18 in what the company announced was ongoing "hardening efforts" to restore fuel delivery after the first shutdown resulted in thousands gas stations across the nation closing due to fuel shortages. Fuel prices have also hit their highest point in seven years amid the second shutdown.

The second was "not related to the ransomware or any type of reinfection," the company said in a series of tweets.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: colonial; colonialpipeline; computers; hack; pipeline

1 posted on 05/29/2021 12:42:07 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Why the F are they on an open network?!


2 posted on 05/29/2021 1:52:57 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: CatOwner

I don’t git. Independent stuff that can’t be hacked? Sounds elementary. Hook it up to the internets and all bets are off.


3 posted on 05/29/2021 2:11:18 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

They need a new IT guy


4 posted on 05/29/2021 2:46:05 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: CatOwner

Maybe they should have used that ransom money to hire some American IT people that know what they’re doing.


5 posted on 05/29/2021 5:17:40 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Libloather

Hire H1B Indian trash, get H1B Indian trash results …


6 posted on 05/29/2021 6:27:42 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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