US declares emergency after ransomware shuts oil pipeline that pumps 100 million gallons a day to New York

One of the USA’s largest oil pipelines has been shut by ransomware, leading the nation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to issue an regional emergency declaration permitting the transport of fuel by road. The Colonial Pipeline, which says it carries 100 million gallons a day of refined fuels between Houston, Texas, and New York Harbor, or 45 percent of all fuel needed on the USA’s East Coast.

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