The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is prompting fuel outages throughout the southeastern US

The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack is prompting fuel outages throughout the southeastern US

The is prompting fuel outages throughout the southeastern US and causing fuel prices to rise. On Friday, the group, DarkSide, demanded money in exchange for releasing the pipeline it had . The pipeline is one of the largest in the country and runs from Texas to New York, transporting about 45% of the East Coast's fuel, . While operation resumed manually on segments of the pipeline on Monday, the company said it expects to restart most of the operations by the end of this week, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm The attack has led to shortages across several states. In North Carolina, some gas stations are filled with customers trying to stock up on gas, while others have already completely run out, reported. Tom Kloza, an analyst with Standard & Poor's Oil Price Information Service, told the that some gas stations are selling "three or four times as much gasoline that they normally sell in a given day because people do panic." Prices have been on the rise in North Carolina and across the border in South Carolina, in some cases surging past $3 a gallon, reported. AAA reported that national gas prices hit an average of $2.98 on Tuesday, the