Gas stations along the Southeast Coast are beginning to feel the pinch from the shutdown of the biggest oil pipeline in the US due to a crippling cyberattack believed to be orchestrated by a Russia-based criminal group.
The closure of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline, which carries more than 100 million gallons of fuel from Texas to New Jersey each day, has stretched into its fifth day. The Alpharetta, Georgia-based company suspended all operations after it was hit Friday by a ransomware attack that could prove to be among the most costly in US history.
Colonial said Monday that it hopes to get most of its operations back online by the weekend, but that’s not soon enough to avoid shortages and price hikes as supply has already started to dwindle.
About 7 percent of gas stations in Virginia were out of fuel by late Monday, according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan’s estimates. He added that 2.4 percent of gas stations in North Carolina, and 1.5 percent in both Georgia and Florida are also reporting that they’ve sold out of fuel.
The shortages spurred North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to...
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Russia, Russia, Russia. I'll lay a sizeable wager it's not the Russians, but an 'arm' of the DNC. Much like every other Russia, Russia, Russia they've done to date.
How about China, China, China? Maybe Hunter knows
It will always be Russia matter who did it 46 is not buddies with them
Funny that CYBERCOM can put out twitter videos ISO debilitating diversity, but can't end an act of war against a major piece of American infrastructure.
The difference between civilization and anarchy is about 4 days without food.
The difference between civilization and anarchy is about 4 days without food.
Not the case around central Florida. Pulled into a gas station, right up to the pump. Same price as yesterday. No problem. Passed another half dozen gas stations and they were all the same.
This looks like panic buying.
It is panic buying and here in Georgia (north Georgia mountains), it's gotten crazy. Lines at stations, closed pumps etc. all because people don't listen to the reports that said a few more days and everything will be normal. But no, these idiots have to go out and top off every vehicle in their garage AND fill all their gas cans up.
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