Operations at Colonial Pipeline back to ‘normal’

The US’ largest fuel pipeline, which was shut down by a cyber-attack, has returned to “normal operations”.

Colonial Pipeline announced on Twitter that it was once again “delivering millions of gallons per hour to the markets we serve”.

The temporary shutdown of the pipeline in the aftermath of the attack led to panic buying, with frantic motorists from Florida to Maryland lining up at petrol stations.

This surge in demand sent the national average price above $3 a gallon for the first time since late 2014.

A criminal group known as Darkside is suspected of being behind the ransomware attack.

On Friday, computer servers for Darkside were taken down by unknown actors.

Security firm Recorded Future said Darkside had admitted in a web post that it lost access to certain servers, though reportedly only after receiving a $5 million ransom payment from Colonial Pipeline.

A large percentage of stations in Washington remained out of gas last weekend, though the numbers in several eastern states were much better.

For more information visit www.colpipe.com

Source: Tank News International