The ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline last week halted 2.5 million barrels per day of fuel shipments in the most disruptive cyberattack on U.S. energy infrastructure ever.
* Ransomware attack on key Colonial Pipeline is spurring a fuel crisis across the Southeast
* Brawl broke out at a Marathon station on the outskirts of Raleigh as frustrations boiled over on Tuesday
* In metro Atlanta, nearly 60% of all gas stations are dry, and 24.8% of all stations in North Carolina are dry
* Parker's gas chain in Georgia and South Carolina is limiting customers to $50 worth of gas each
* The Biden administration is urging motorists not to deepen the crisis with unnecessary panic buying
* The national average price of gas now exceeds $3 for the first time since 2014
* Colonial, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, has not yet said whether it will pay off the hackers
* Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denied any involvement with the attack
Fights are breaking out at the gas pump, as a gasoline shortage across the southern Atlantic seaboard deepens after a Russian-linked cyber-attack on a key oil pipeline, and the Biden administration is urging motorists not to deepen the crisis with unnecessary panic buying.
Motorists in Knightdale, North Carolina, on the outskirts of Raleigh, traded blows on Tuesday as frustrations boiled over in a long line for gas at a Marathon station.
A witness said a woman tried to cut the line for gas, and then screamed obscenities and spit on a man who refused to let her cut in. The man jumped out of his vehicle, spit on the woman in return, and began grappling with her, video shows.
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WNU Editor: Colonial Pipeline is saying services will be restored later today.
More News On The Energy Crisis In The Eastern U.S.
Scramble on for new fuel routes after Colonial Pipeline hack -- AP
Colonial Pipeline gas shortages widen: State-by-state breakdown -- FOX News
Nearly 2,000 Gas Stations Out Of Fuel As Panic-Hoarding Hammers Southeast -- Zero Hedge
Governors Warn Gas Shortage Caused by Panic Buying As 4 States Declare Emergency -- Newsweek
71 percent of gas stations in Charlotte area out of fuel -- The Hill
"Lines Down The Street" - People Wait Five Hours To Fill Up Amid Gas Shortages -- Zero Hedge
2 comments:
Can ya imagine a war and how upsetting it would be. Simply aim for the pipelines. Forget the already crumbling city infrastructure.
Why it was not happening under Trump?
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