Pipeline hack sends people scrambling for fuel in the South
Tom Foreman, Jr., Jeff Martin And Ben Finley
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A customer helps pumping gas at Costco, as other wait in line, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after revealing a cyberattack that it said had affected some of its systems. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
CLEMMONS, N.C. – A run on gas following a computer hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline had North Carolina tow-truck driver Jonathan King worried about whether he could do his job.
New report says Colonial did meet $5M ransom demand made by DarkSide ransomware gang
Colonial Pipeline has begun a system restart that will take several days to restore normal operations
Key fuel pipeline was taken offline last week by ransomware attack from Russia-linked hackers
On Thursday morning, half of all gas stations in DC, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina were dry
North Carolina was the hardest-hit by the fuel shortage, with 71% of the state s gas stations offline
Station outages spread from New Jersey to Mississippi, and national gas prices rose to $3.028
Across the affected region, more than 10,000 gas stations were out of service
Hacked U.S. gasoline pipeline restarts â but long lines and shortages at stations persist
A run on gas following a computer hack of the nation s largest fuel pipeline had North Carolina tow-truck driver Jonathan King worried about whether he could do his job.
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Long lines at some U.S. gas stations after pipeline cyberattack
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1:15Lineups at gas stations in parts of the southeastern U.S. continued days after a cybersecurity attack shut the Colonial Pipeline. Even after operations resumed Wednesday, it s expected to take several days for deliveries to get back to normal.1:15
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