Cyberattack Shuts Down Colonial Pipeline, Largest U.S. Fuel Transport System
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SUGAR LAND May 11, 2021 Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) The U.S. Oil & Gas Pipeline Industry was left reeling over the weekend after a ransomware attack shut down activity on the Colonial Pipeline System, the nation s largest fuel pipeline and a major system along the East Coast. Some smaller lines on the system have resumed operations since the Friday s attack, but the owner, Colonial Pipeline Company, has not yet offered a definitive timeline for a full restart.
Within this article: Details on the Colonial Pipeline System and the ransomware attack that halted its operations.
Saturday, May 8, 2021
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Colonial Pipeline is working to restore operations after a cyber-attack prompted the company to take its systems offline, threatening the supply of refined petroleum products to gas stations in major cities on the U.S. eastern seaboard, reports Bloomberg.
Colonial, which runs the largest U.S. gasoline and diesel pipeline system, has hired a third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate and contacted law enforcement and other federal agencies. It’s trying to minimize disruption to customers, the company said in a statement late Friday.
Below is the entire Colonial statement:
Media Statement: Colonial Pipeline System Disruption
On May 7, the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack. In response, we proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems. Upon learning of the issue, a leading, third-party cybers
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Listen • 1:22 Federal regulators have warned that the entire 5,500 mile length of the Colonial Pipeline could be a risk for gasoline spills like the one in Huntersville last August.
New mapping shows gasoline contamination from a spill on the Colonial Pipeline north of Charlotte last summer goes deeper into the soil than previously reported. That news comes as federal officials warn that similar leaks could happen elsewhere along the 5,500-mile pipeline from Texas to New Jersey.
At least 1.2 million gallons of gasoline spilled last August from a broken section of the pipeline east of downtown Huntersville. The leak was discovered by two teens who were riding all-terrain vehicles in the Oehler Nature Preserve, off Huntersville-Concord Road. It s the largest spill of its kind in North Carolina and one of the largest in the nation.