Posted on 05/11/2021 4:02:19 PM PDT by conservative98
Gas stations from Florida to Virginia have closed their pumps and a state of emergency has been declared by the governor of North Carolina after Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut off the nation's biggest fuel pipeline when it was hacked.
The FBI has confirmed that DarkSide, a Russian hacking outfit made up of ransomware veterans, was responsible for the attack on Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Texas to New Jersey and transports 45 percent of the East Coast's fuel supply.
The 5,500 pipeline shut down five days ago and services are only gradually being restored now. Colonial, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, has not yet said whether it has already paid or is negotiating a ransom with the hackers.
Colonial said it was working to 'substantially' resume operations by the end of this week but reports of gas shortages are already emerging up and down the East Coast as motorists were spotted lining up in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.
Meanwhile, at least 24 other companies across a range of industries were also reportedly affected by the ransomware attack and Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, called for military strikes to kill those involved in an 'act of war' against America.
The pipeline supplies nearly half of all the East Coast's fuel needs, including Atlanta's airport - the world's busiest, by passenger traffic. The pipeline also serves 90 U.S. military installations and 26 oil refineries.
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florida gov just declared state of emergency
Shut down 5 days ago, and not back at normal yet? Their IT security probably had multiple backups, wouldn’t they? While they decide whether to pay or not. Forgive if that’s a dumb question.
I hope that’s made into a bumper sticker.
lied to in the 70s....
Libertarian bestselling author Robert Ringer predicted in the 1970s, to great ridicule: 1) we are not going to run out of fossil fuels by the year 2000. 2) as soon as wholesale price for gas went up $1 there would suddenly be no more crisis. Both happened.
Also said someday soon (late 1970s) banks would start to pay interest on checking accounts for using your money.
Wrote Looking Out for #One, Winning through Intimidation, Restoring the American Dream, How You Can Find Happiness During the Decline of Western Civilization.
Biden’s fault.
Yeah, it’s “The Russians”.
These mopes keep going back to the well on that excuse and it’s running pretty dry to me.
We need more refineries.
[If only there was a supply coming from Canada.]
There comes a point where you have to realize that this is all part of the PLAN!
Nah, Biden’s actions have already raised prices over $1.25 a gallon, now this latest is further ramping it up. All Biden’s fault. Waiving the Jones Act won’t help fix the bad moves he’s already put into motion. And cyber terrorists are on his watch, not Trump’s.
SPJNK.
“Is it cookie or Tapioca time?”
The FBI ... really? Hire the CyberNinjas and find out what is really going on. Did the FBI find some mentally ill child and get him to confess in spite of his mother’s pleas to leave the child alone?
The oil comes to Texas first to be refined, the pipeline shut down is THE pipeline that takes all that refined product to the north east. Texas is swimming in oil right now with the pipeline down it’s filling storage tanks at Texas City and port A as there is no.where to send the finished product. Tanker trains full of volatile petrol is a bad idea as is full tankers by barge or ship. Petrol is shipped via pipeline for a good reason. Don’t conflate two very different issues. The keystone shutdown is good for West Texas oil every barrel not shipped in Canada is replaced with a barrel of West Texas sweet. Lots of Texas oil men are down right pleased keystone is dead it’s great for Texas.
Oh...gee...
you think you will be discontinuing the quarantine...
think again, you low life POS. Just wait and see what we have in store for you.
None of it is real. It’s all in the script, which has been written on an ongoing basis since they figured out the advantages that exploiting the fake pandemic could give them.
As usual, the republicans seem to be silent and helpless.
That is one stupid, dumb, worthless c-sucker.
3 gas stations in a row had bags over their pumps until I realized the third gas station had a tanker truck filling up the tanks as I drove through. I’m grateful that I got a full tank of gas but I’m going to use half of it tomorrow going to the VA
Went out earlier this eve and two of the four stations at our little country crossroads community here in the mts. of NC had just received a delivery. I counted 40 cars including 5 Amazon vans lined up at one and 35 cars at the other.
Great graphic.
Oh dear .... I know ....
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