Colonial Pipeline remains offline after ransomware attack
Colonial Pipeline, which operates the biggest gasoline conduit to the East Coast, said it has no estimate on when it could restart the 5,500-mile pipeline that it shut Friday after a cyberattack. The 5,500-mile conduit carries 2.5 million barrels a day to the East Coast, or 45% of its supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel.
The company took systems offline to contain the threat, temporarily halting all pipeline operations and affecting some IT system. In a statement, the company said the Colonial Pipeline operations team is developing a system restart plan, and while their mainlines remain offline, some smaller lateral lines between terminals and delivery points are now operational.