Ransomware attack forces shutdown of largest fuel pipeline in the U.S

Colonial Pipeline fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on Friday that involved ransomware, forcing it to temporarily shut down all pipeline operations.

Colonial transports nearly half of the East Coast’s fuel supply through a system that spans over 5,500 miles between Texas and New Jersey.

The pipeline transports gasoline, diesel, home heating oil and jet fuel. It also supplies the military.

John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital in New York, said the U.S. will see spot shortages of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel develop rapidly if the outage persists.

President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident Saturday morning, according to the White House.

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some stats for better understanding how big this is


3 million barrels
Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, "is the largest U.S. refined products pipeline system and can carry more than 3 million barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel between the U.S. Gulf Coast and the New York Harbor area."

The Colonial pipeline consists of 4 main lines and a number of branch lines. Line 1 - A 40 inch line moving 1.5 million barrels/day of gasoline from Houston to Greensboro, NC Line 2 - A 36 inch line moving 1.2 million barrels/day of middle distillates (diesel, heating oil, jet fuel) from Houston to Greensboro, NC

this is the f.f the drill already took place.

Cybersecurity Exercise: Quantum Dawn V
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go back and read watch all the Quantum Dawn drills you will understand more.