- Title: US states facing gas shortages after pipeline hack
- Date: 13th May 2021
- Summary: US states facing gas shortages after pipeline hack SHOTLIST: 1. VARIOUS OF LONG VEHICLE LINE OUTSIDE GAS STATION IN NORTH CAROLINA 2. VARIOUS OF GAS STATION 3. VARIOUS OF STAFF CLEANING STATION 4. VARIOUS OF GAS STATION NORTH CAROLINA, US (MAY 13, 2021) (AAVN -ACCESS ALL) SCRIPT: A ransomware attack continued to cause fuel shortages and panic buying in the southeastern United States on Thursday, May 13. Fuel stocks have run out and long vehicle lines occurred at many gas stations in Charlotte, North Carolina. The effects of Friday's cyberattack continued to ripple across the Southeast, with 65% of gas stations out of fuel in North Carolina, 43% of gas stations in Georgia and South Carolina running dry and 44% in Virginia. Depletions were also recorded in 16% of Tennessee gas stations, 11% in Maryland and 10% in Washington, D.C., according to GasBuddy. The website based its data on information crowdsourced from app user data, and cautioned it may not reflect the current situation. The shortages were prompted by a shutdown in the Colonial Pipeline, which carries about 45% of the East Coast's gas supply. Operators shut it down last Friday in the wake of a ransomware attack.
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