North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline is in a race against time to overcome a paralyzing cyber-attacks as gas station supplies dwindled and North Carolina declared a state of emergency with cars lining up for fuel.
Colonial Pipeline said it’s manually operating a segment of the pipeline running from North Carolina to Maryland and expects to substantially restore all service by the weekend. The pledge may not come fast enough to avert immediate shortages in the southeast, where gas station employees are already reporting lines for fuel.
Stations in Asheville, North Carolina, are out of fuel and lines are forming at outlets that still have supplies.
