US oil pipeline closed after cyber attack
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The picture shows a facility in New Jersey that belongs to the Colonial Pipeline. Stock Photography.Picture: Mark Lennihan/AP/TT An oil pipeline transporting gasoline and diesel to the east coast of the United States was shut down by Colonial Pipeline, which has been operating since the company was hit by a cyber attack, reports The Wall Street Journal then down parts of the business, including the oil pipeline, as a security measure. A source tells the newspaper that the cyber attack was carried out using ransomware, where a computer virus locks computers and then unlocks for a fee paid to the perpetrator. can be resumed again.The oil pipeline is the largest in the United States, and extends from the oil refineries on the south coast of the United States to the city of New York on the east coast. It transports an estimated 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the east coast.