A cyberattack crippled the fuel supply of the East Coast. How did the hackers do it? Author: Matt Gregory Updated: 10:14 AM EDT May 13, 2021 WASHINGTON — This whole fuel crisis got started by a cyberattack on colonial Pipeline’s IT infrastructure. Which led to fears of fuel shortage. That was followed quickly by panic gas-buying across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. All of this chaos was started by a ransomware attack, by a hacker group operating in Russia called, “Darkside.” Question: Our Sources: Two cyber security experts, Tom Romanoff from the Bipartisan Policy Center and Will Mendez from the cyber security firm, CyZen.