(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Thank goodness. I was just about to head down to the pump and fill up a couple of Hefty Bags with unleaded.
Oh, shit. #gasshortage? Better pick up a couple extra bags. pic.twitter.com/a09ue2eQfK
Biden was asked about the pipeline earlier this afternoon and teased that good news was coming:
President Biden says he thinks we’ll be hearing some good news on the Colonial Pipeline in the next 24 hours pic.twitter.com/wOaRXnUw6I
A few hours later Jennifer Granholm announced that the pipeline would be turned back on at 5 p.m. ET, and apparently it was. Inquiring minds want to know: How’d they defy the Russian ransomware hackers and bring operations back online in just a few days?
Adam KlasfeldMay 13th, 2021, 10:31 am
Fears the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline because of a cyberattack would cause a gasoline shortage led to some panic buying and prompted US regulators on May 11, 2021 to temporarily suspend clean fuel requirements.
After a ransomware attack that disrupted operations of a major oil pipeline that provides nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel supplies to the East Coast, President
Joe Biden issued a cybersecurity-focused executive order that his top officials argue will end the cycle of the nation simply “waiting for the next incident to happen.”
A 5,500-mile pipeline that funnels up to three million barrels of oil a day between Texas and New York, the Colonial Pipeline ground its operations to a halt after a ransomware attack that the FBI attributed to the Eastern European hacking group, DarkSide. The company’s operations started up again on Wednesday, with White House Press Secretary