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The operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline — hit earlier this week by a ransomware attack — announced Saturday it has resumed “normal operations," delivering fuel to its markets, including a large swath of the East Coast.
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.
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When will fuel supplies get back to normal? The FBI has linked the ransomware to a Russian-speaking criminal syndicate known as DarkSide that has been on investigators’ radar for months. Questions remain about what steps companies or government officials should take to buttress defenses against cyberattacks.
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Nearly 70% of North Carolina's gas stations were still without fuel Thursday, as were about half the stations in South Carolina and Georgia, GasBuddy.com reported. But the situation could improve as Colonial Pipeline reported “substantial progress" in restarting the supply line.
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The attack on Colonial Pipeline has focused new attention on a potentially radical proposal to stem the growing threat posed by ransomware: making it illegal for victims to pay their attackers.
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You aren't the only one who is a little worried about the run on gasoline this week. Charlotte-area businesses that need gas to function — people who make deliveries or airlines that need fuel to operate — are making adjustments. The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia talks to WFAE "Morning Edition" co-host Marshall Terry in this week's BizWorthy about that, what our return to the office might look like, and what's wrong with a garish Bojangles.
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Even before fuel began flowing again after a ransomware attack, experts said any shortages were because of transportation, not supply, and they urged people not to top off their tanks.
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Officially, there is no gas shortage. But a cyberattack on the pipeline that delivers 45% of gasoline to the East Coast caused panic buying of fuel Tuesday, dry gas stations in Charlotte — 71% were out of fuel by Wednesday morning — and business and government adjustments. But Colonial Pipeline said it had restarted operations Wednesday evening.
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Colonial Pipeline says it has "initiated the restart" of operations at the pipeline affected by a cyberattack as a wave of panic-buying empties out many gas stations across the Southeast.
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More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by a gang of hackers entered its fifth day Tuesday.