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Colonial Pipeline
The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from Russia-based hacker group Darkside reflects an increasingly aggressive approach to deal with such threats.
Committee chairs said they were "disappointed" the operator of the nation's largest gas pipeline refused to give details about its ransomware attack.
The company was hit by a cyberattack one week ago, prompting some Americans to buy up fuel stores.
The temporary shutdown of the pipeline led to a hike in gas prices and prompted panicked consumers to buy fuel.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Gasoline supply is coming back online, he said of the Colonial Pipeline after a ransomware attack. Panic-buying will only slow the process.
The biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S. had halted service after becoming the victim of a ransomware attack that cut off deliveries to the East Coast.
The Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, washit on Friday with a cyberattack.
Jennifer Granholm said gas shortage fears from last week's cyberattack are being overblown.
The worst cyberattack to date on critical U.S. infrastructure has shuttered 45% of the East Coasts fuel supply.
Colonial Pipeline operates a system that spans from Texas to New Jersey, moving some 100 million gallons of fuel every day.
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