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Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system Colonial Pipeline says it transports 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, reaching 50 million Americans. By Ellen Nakashima, Will Englund and Yeganeh TorbatiThe Washington Post Read Article A ransomware attack caused a major East Coast fuel pipeline operator to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Federal law enforcement and homeland security officials are investigating the matter. They do not yet know whether the attack on top U.S. fuel pipeline operator...

© Glen Dillon, Wikimedia Commons Gas pipeline facility On Friday night, the largest U.S. gas pipeline announced it had halted its operations after it discovered it was targeted in a cyber attack. The pipeline provides about 45 percent of the fuel supply along the east coast and southern United States. In a company statement Friday night, Colonial Pipeline said, "On May 7, the Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was 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 af...

Rolling Stone Menu A Cyber Attack Shut Down US’s Largest Fuel Pipeline Network Ransomware is believed to have caused the outage By This Sept. 16, 2016, file photo shows tanker trucks lined up at a Colonial Pipeline Co. facility in Pelham, Ala., near the scene of a 250,000-gallon gasoline spill caused by a ruptured pipeline. The Georgia-based company has filed a federal lawsuit blaming an Alabama-based contractor, Ceco Pipeline Services, for the spill. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) AP Colonial Pipeline, which operates the largest gasoline pipeline in the country, was f...

May 8, 2021 A ransomware attack caused a major East Coast fuel pipeline operator to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The attack on top U.S. operator Colonial Pipeline appears to have been carried out by a criminal group, but federal officials and the private security firm Mandiant are still investigating the matter, one official said. Colonial Pipeline said in a statement on Friday that it had temporarily shut down all its pipeline operations after being hit by a cyber attack. It said it had notified law enforcement and other...

Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system Colonial Pipeline says it transports 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, reaching 50 million Americans. By Ellen Nakashima, Will Englund and Yeganeh TorbatiThe Washington Post Share A ransomware attack caused a major East Coast fuel pipeline operator to shut down its entire network on Friday, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Federal law enforcement and homeland security officials are investigating the matter. They do not yet know whether the attack on top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonia...