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Cyberattack Forces Shutdown Of Largest Gasoline Pipeline In United States<\/strong><\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The largest gasoline pipeline on the East Coast, and the US in general, was\u00a0shut down on Friday after its operator struggled to contain a cyberattack which threatened its systems<\/strong>. The 5,500-mile\u00a0Colonial Pipeline, which is the single largest refined-products pipeline in the United States, halted transit as the company was forced to take “certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations,” according to\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on Saturday. It’s reportedly\u00a0still offline into early Saturday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Colonial Pipeline System<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colonial’s network is responsible for supplying fuel that originates with refiners on the Gulf Coast to most of the eastern and southern US, accounting for\u00a0over 2.5 million barrels\u00a0per day<\/strong>\u00a0in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, or other refined products transferred,\u00a0making up 45% of all the East Coast’s fuel supply<\/strong>. It spans from Texas through southern states and up to New Jersey.<\/p>\n

“At this time, our primary focus is the safe and efficient restoration of our service and our efforts to return to normal operation,” the\u00a0Alpharetta, Georgia-based\u00a0company\u00a0stated<\/a>.\u00a0“This process is already underway, and we are working diligently to address this matter and to minimize disruption to our customers.”<\/p>\n

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The disruption earlier in the day Friday saw\u00a0Gulf Coast cash prices for gasoline and diesel push lower, though longer-term price effects will depend on just how long the lines remain shut.\u00a0If the closure persists further into the weekend or even early next week, it’s very likely to send gasoline prices soaring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last time there was a significant shutdown of Colonial’s lines was during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which shot\u00a0spot Gulf Coast gasoline prices to a five-year high and diesel to near a four-year high.<\/p>\n

This fresh cyberattack against vital American infrastructure has reportedly already seen federal agencies and law enforcement get involved, alongside a third-party cybersecurity firm brought in by Colonial to launch an investigation. Some of the early details of the investigation suggest a ransomware attack, which is being\u00a0reported as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Washington Post reported that\u00a0ransomware was used in the attack<\/strong>, citing two U.S. officials it didn\u2019t identify. It wasn\u2019t clear if the attack was carried out by foreign government hackers or a criminal group, the officials told the Post. In ransomware attacks,\u00a0hackers typically encrypt an organization\u2019s computer files and then demand a ransom payment to unlock the data<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though there appears little in the way of culprits or suspected individuals or entities that may have carried out the attack at this early period of the investigation, we can expect the Biden administration to hold this up as a prime example of why his\u00a0ambitious cybersecurity and power grid protection initiative<\/a>\u00a0is urgent and essential.<\/p>\n

It also comes after the White House’s\u00a0April 15 sanctions<\/a>\u00a0rollout\u00a0targeting Russian officials and entities for alleged involvement in the SolarWinds hack<\/strong>. The need for an overhaul of cybersecurity and protections of US government and civil infrastructure networks has been a major theme of this administration, also stemming from leading Democrats quickly blaming Moscow for pretty much every hack which targets American companies or agencies for much of the past five years, despite cases often lacking any evidence as to responsible parties. The Iranians and Chinese have also increasingly brought in alongside the Russians as prime nefarious actors in terms of cyberthreats.<\/p>\n

However, as was recently admitted in a\u00a0Wired<\/em><\/a>\u00a0piece on the Oldsmar, Florida water supply systems hack wherein chemicals were added to the town’s water at dangerous levels, there’s also many\u00a0instances of “unsophisticated” lone wolf hackers able to sometimes penetrate overly exposed systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n