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Share: The Colonial Pipeline Co. said Saturday that it has returned its service to normal operations. What Happened: The Colonial Pipeline Co. announced on Twitter that it had returned to normal operations days after it restarted its pipeline following last weeks ransomware attack.  Gasoline shortages along the U.S. East Coast have begun to ease slightly as the company starts delivering "millions of gallons per hour," and ships and trucks have been deployed to fill up dry storage tanks.  T...

Colonial Pipeline Paid Ransomware Hackers $5M In Cryptocurrency: Report Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million in untraceable cryptocurrency to the ransomware who shut down the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, according to a Bloomberg report sourcing “two people familiar with the transaction.” What Happened: The payment was made on May 7, the day after the ransomware attack took place. Upon receiving their ransom, the hackers provided the decrypting tool needed to restore the Colonia...

Koch Family and Some Foreign Pensions Control Colonial Pipeline Posted on 05/12/2021 Colonial Pipeline is the operator of the biggest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. Colonial Pipeline ceased operations after a ransomware attack. Gas shortages have spread from Baltimore to Florida. North Carolina has been the state hardest-hit by fuel shortages. With gas fuel shortages plaguing the Eastern U.S. states, Colonial Pipeline reportedly has no plans to pay rumored US$ 5 million-plus ransom to hackers wh...

Colonial Pipeline shuts down after cyber attack 5/9/2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coasts fuel supply, after a cyber attack that industry sources said was caused by ransomware. The company transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined products through 5,500 miles (8,850 km) of pipelines linking refiners on the Gulf Coast to the eastern and sou...

US Government Working To Aid Top Fuel Pipeline Operator After Cyberattack US Government Working To Aid Top Fuel Pipeline Operator After Cyberattack The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported and has prompted calls from American lawmakers to strengthen protections for critical US energy infrastructure from hacking attacks. Colonial said on Sunday its main fuel lines remain offline. The White House was working closely with top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial P...

Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Charlotte tank farm in North Carolina in an undated photograph.—Reuters ATLANTA: Top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline worked on Sunday to recover from a ransomware cyberattack that forced it to shut down on Friday and sparked worries of a spike in retail gasoline prices. Colonial said on Saturday it was “continuing to monitor the impact of this temporary service halt” and to work to restore service. It did not give an estimate fo...

Reuters Reuters 10 May, 2021, 5:00 pm Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipelines Charlotte Tank Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. an undated photograph. Colonial Pipeline/Handout via REUTERS. (Reuters) -The White House was working closely with top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network supplying populous eastern states. The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ra...

Posthaste May 10: Pipeline hack highlights vulnerability of North Americas stretched energy infrastructure Yadullah Hussain © Provided by Financial Post Storage tanks at the Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Fuel suppliers are growing increasingly nervous about the possibility of gasoline and diesel shortages across the eastern U.S. almost two days after a cyberattack knocked out a massive pipeline. Good ...

The incident has drawn attention to how vulnerable US energy infrastructure is to hackers A prolonged shutdown of the line would cause prices to spike at gasoline pumps New York: Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast`s fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday (May 7) that involved ransomware. The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported and has drawn attention to how vu...

U.S. Working With Colonial Pipeline to Restore Operations After Cyber Attack The White House was working closely with top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network supplying populous eastern states. The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported and has prompted calls from American lawmakers to strengthen protections for critical U.S. energy infrastructure ...