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May 13, 2021
One-third of gas stations in Tennessee were without gas on Thursday, after a ransomware attack on a major fuel pipeline prompted a temporarily shut down in operations and consumers engaged in a panic-driven frenzy to fill up their tanks.
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Colonial Pipeline resumed operations of its 5,500-mile on Wednesday after preemptively shutting down Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Gas supplies are expected to soon return to normal.
Gas prices throughout the state rose in a matter of days, from $2.74 to $2.81, and GasBuddy reported widespread shortages at the pump across the eastern United States. In Georgia, 48% of gas stations were out of fuel on Thursday, GasBuddy reported.
Nashville bombing froze wireless communications, exposed Achilles heel in regional network Yihyun Jeong and Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T s central office in downtown became the site of a bombing.
Mayor John Cooper called the blast on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects of that attack are sure to ripple through the region for weeks, as the telecom giant scrambles to restore services while maintaining the integrity of an active investigation site teeming with federal agents.
Nashville bombing exposed Achilles heel in area communications network
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The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T s central office in downtown became a crime scene.
Mayor John Cooper called the bombing on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects of that attack are sure to ripple through the region for weeks, as the telecom giant scrambles to restore services while also maintaining the integrity of an active investigation site teeming with federal agents.
State and local officials and experts say the fact that a multi-state region could be brought to its knees by a single bombing is a wake-up call, exposing vulnerabilitiesmany didn t know existed and predicting it would lead to intense conversations about the future.