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hacking the pipeline

with a ransomware attack on 5/6/21, caused the shutdown of fuel transport in the pipe line from Texas to New Jersey on 5/7/21, with the effect at the gas pumps about 2/3 of the way "up" the pipeline today, 5/12/21....

We live in "interesting" times.

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Sources of the map image are listed on the map.

Photos of gas pump and keyboard are mine.

 

There is also a problem of folks “hoarding” gas in some areas in the southeast, who beyond filling the gas tank of their vehicles bring extra containers to fill...

 

Edited to add:

5/13: The pipeline is now fully functioning again, one week after it was shut down. It will take a couple of days until distribution from the the pipeline to the wider area will have things “back to normal.”

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Uploaded on May 12, 2021