Financial Times: US uses emergency powers to keep fuel flowing after cyber attack
Fears of rising prices after ransomware strike shuts Colonial Pipeline system
The US government enacted emergency powers on Sunday in a bid to keep fuel supply lines open as fears of shortages rose following the shutdown of an essential pipeline.
The move lifted various limits on the transport of fuels by road to ease the fallout from the continuing closure of the Colonial pipeline, which carries almost half the fuel consumed on the US east coast, following a ransomware cyber attack on Friday.
“This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined petroleum products and provides necessary relief,” the Department of Transportation said.
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