Shutdown of US pipeline after cyber attack prompts worry over gas prices
by Guardian staff and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#5HMMQ)
White House to allow more fuel to be carried by road, but prices not expected to rise unless Colonial Pipeline outage lasts more than three days
The hackers who caused the vast Colonial Pipeline to shut down on Friday reportedly began their cyberattack against the top US fuel pipeline operator a day earlier and stole a large amount of data.
The attackers are part of a cybercrime group called DarkSide and took nearly 100 gigabytes of data out of Colonial's network in just two hours on Thursday, the Bloomberg news website reported late Saturday, citing two people involved in the company's investigation.
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