Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
WASHINGTON (AP) â The operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East Coast said Saturday it had been victimized by a ransomware attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the threat. The attack is unlikely to affect gasoline supply and prices unless it leads to a prolonged shutdown of the pipeline, experts said.
Colonial Pipeline did not say what was demanded or who made the demand. Ransomware attacks are typically carried out by criminal hackers who scramble data, paralyzing victim networks, and demand a large payment to decrypt it.
A new initiative at the zoo could see other macaws of her kind reintroduced into the wild, giving Juliet a chance to fly with friends, and maybe find love.
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by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 9, 2021 at 12:11 am EDT
Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
WASHINGTON (AP) The operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East Coast said Saturday it had been victimized by a ransomware attack and had halted all pipeline operations to deal with the threat. The attack is unlikely to affect gasoline supply and prices unless it leads to a prolonged shutdown of the pipeline, experts said.
Colonial Pipeline did not say what was demanded or who made the demand. Ransomware attacks are typically carried out by criminal hackers who scramble data, paralyzing victim networks, and demand a large payment to decrypt it.
Last wild macaw in Rio is lonely and looking for love
Juliet is believed to be the only wild bird of her kind left in the Brazilian city where the birds once flew far and wide. Author: DAVID BILLER Associated Press Published: 10:37 PM EDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 10:37 PM EDT May 8, 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Some have claimed she’s indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo.
Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that zookeepers named Juliet is believed to be the only wild bird of its kind left in the Brazilian city where the birds once flew far and wide.
May 09, 2021 - 8:04 PM
Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all
N DJAMENA, Chad (AP) â At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.
There are simply no vaccines at all.
Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for COVID-19 patients in Chad, one of the least-developed nations in the world where about one third of the country is engulfed by the Sahara desert.
âI find it unfair and unjust, and it is something that saddens me,â the 33-year-old infectious diseases doctor says. âI donât even have that choice. The first vaccine that comes along that has authorization, I will take it.â