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Cyber attack shuts down US fuel pipeline operator Colonial raising fears of price hike – ABC News
While the US government investigation is in early stages, one former official and two industry sources say the hackers are likely a professional cyber criminal…
One of the United States’ major fuel pipeline operators has shut its entire network after a cyber attack on that involved ransomware.
Key points:
- Sources believe the cyber attack has been carried out by a criminal organisation
- Colonial runs more than 8,000km of pipelines in the US, and provides almost half of the fuel for the country’s east
- There are worries petrol prices may soar ahead of the US summer driving season
Colonial Pipeline, the source of nearly half of the US east coast’s fuel supply,…
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