Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline Operator
The operator of the system, Colonial Pipeline, said it had shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline, which takes refined gasoline and jet fuel along the East Coast.
Cyberattack forces top fuel pipeline operator to shut entire network
Colonial Pipeline says it transports 45 percent of East Coast fuel supply.
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As if gasoline prices weren’t already high enough, a cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline system could cause them to move even higher along the Atlantic Coast and into the Northeast.
In a media statement issued late Friday, the Colonial Pipeline Company announced that it had “...learned it [is] 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 cybersecurity firm was engaged, and they have already launched an investigation into the nature and scope of this incident, which is ongoing. We have contacted law enforcement and other federal agencies.”
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