Gas Price Spikes In MD After Pipeline Shutdown
UpdatedThu, May 13, 2021 at 2:38 pm ET Replies(3) Consumers can expect a small increase in shortages on Thursday followed by further recovery in the next 48 hours after Colonial Pipeline was hit by a ransomware attack. (Elizabeth Janney/Patch) MARYLAND — Spikes in gas prices were reported in Maryland and other areas after a cyberattack prompted a major gas pipeline shutdown. Colonial Pipeline, which runs from New York to Texas and delivers 45 percent of fuel to the East Coast, shut down its main pipeline over the weekend as a precaution after the ransomware attack. It has since been reacti...