Top U.S. fuel pipeline remains days from reopening after cyberattack – Reuters

Top U.S. fuel pipeline remains days from reopening after cyberattack – Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline will not resume full operations for several more days due to a ransomware cyberattack blamed on a shadowy criminal network called DarkSide.

FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Linden Junction Tank Farm in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Colonial Pipeline/via REUTERS

The attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which carries nearly half the fuel consumed along the U.S. East Coast, is one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes ever reported.