A week after reopening from a cyberattack, the company that runs the biggest gasoline pipeline on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard says the communications system its customers use to monitor shipments has gone offline. It was hit by hackers earlier this month, closing the pipeline off for almost a week until it was restarted last Friday. The Colonial Pipeline system continues to deliver refined products as nominated by our shippers." The company gave no indication as to when the communications outage would be fixed. Gas shortagesLast week's outage let to long lines for gasoline and stations running dry throughout the states that rely on the pipeline for fuel.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 17:03 UTC