Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack, but no one can say how long problems will continue
Updated May 12, 2021;
CLEMMONS, N.C. The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
The disruption of Colonial Pipeline caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations.
Colonial initiated the restart of pipeline operations late Wednesday, saying in a statement that “all lines, including those lateral lines that have been running manually, will return to normal operations.”
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations after cyberattack sends drivers scrambling for gas
Associated Press
Updated on:May 12, 2021, 6:28pm EDT
Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations in the Southeast on Wednesday after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations.
Although there was no gasoline shortage, there was a problem getting the fuel from refineries on the Gulf Coast to the states that need it, and officials were scrambling to find alternate routes to deliver it.
The Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, was hit on Friday with a cyberattack by hackers who lock up computer systems and demand a ransom to release them. The attack raised concerns, once again, about the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack
But it will take several days for deliveries to return to normal, the company says.
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, BEN FINLEY and TOM FOREMAN JR.Associated Press
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A sign reading Out of Fuel is taped to the window at an Exxon gas station in Lynchburg, Va., on Tuesday. More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, following the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers. Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via Associated Press
CLEMMONS, N.C. The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, BEN FINLEY and TOM FOREMAN, JR.May 12, 2021 GMT
CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
The disruption of Colonial Pipeline caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations.
Colonial initiated the restart of pipeline operations late Wednesday, saying in a statement that “all lines, including those lateral lines that have been running manually, will return to normal operations.”
Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack Analysts cite unwarranted panic-buying among drivers after cyberattack.
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ , BEN FINLEY , TOM FOREMAN and