Pumps run dry on day five of Colonial Pipeline cyber attack: Cars line up outside stations across the South and American Airlines is forced to add refuel stop to long haul flights as gas prices near seven-year high
Posted on 05/11/2021 4:02:19 PM PDT by conservative98
Gas stations from Florida to Virginia have closed their pumps and a state of emergency has been declared by the governor of North Carolina after Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut off the nation's biggest fuel pipeline when it was hacked.
The FBI has confirmed that DarkSide, a Russian hacking outfit made up of ransomware veterans, was responsible for the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Texas to New Jersey and transports 45 percent of the East Coast's fuel supply.
The 5,500 pipeline shut down five days ago and services are only gradually being restored now. Colonial, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, has not yet said whether it has already paid or is negotiating a ransom with the hackers.
Colonial said it was working to 'substantially' resume operations by the end of this week but reports of gas shortages are already emerging up and down the East Coast as motorists were spotted lining up in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.
Meanwhile, at least 24 other companies across a range of industries were also reportedly affected by the ransomware attack and Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, called for military strikes to kill those involved in an 'act of war' against America.
The pipeline supplies nearly half of all the East Coast's fuel needs, including Atlanta's airport - the world's busiest, by passenger traffic. The pipeline also serves 90 U.S. military installations and 26 oil refineries.
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Look cooper ... squirrel
Pumps run dry on day five of Colonial Pipeline cyber attack: Cars line up outside stations across the South and American Airlines is forced to add refuel stop to long haul flights as gas prices near seven-year high
If only there was a supply coming from Canada.
Guess how much champagne has been consumed by democrats and rinos the past few days ....
Malaise moment.
When he met with Carter I didn’t expect to see such results so soon!
“...a Russian hacking outfit made up of ransomware veterans...” Dog whistle for EVIL WHITE SUPREMA-CYSTS. Anyone seen any ‘ransomware veteran’ medals on ebay?
“If only there was a supply coming from Canada.”
You are. confusing oil versus gasoline.
refined oil becomes gasoline
The oil getting here isn’t the issue. The finished product getting to Point B is.
The government is probably behind all these recent ransomware attacks, this one included. What better way to get money flowing into the coffers, than by telling these ransomed companies to pay the ransom money.
Biden photo, looking out the window....
“It’s Day Five for me, too. I knew that Cream of Rice didn’t have the fiber that oatmeal does. And then I played the Joe big shot role and refused my prune juice. Now I’m paying the price.”
So you want us to get our gasoline from Canada?
back to the 70’s. were we being lied to back then?
So we’re supposed to take their word for it that a Russian group did this?
Did Mueller get out of his bed and phone in that tip? Or did the Chicoms do it to subvert their Commie rival Putin?
Jo and the Ho need to go.
It just shows how easy it is for an adversary to cause so much disruption.
Russia and China are laughing at us.
In this day and age, why wasn’t this pipeline company prepared for cyber attacks. They had no contingencies in place. What a total disgrace.
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