Colonial Pipeline attack: What you need to know

Published May 10, 2021 12:00am ET



A shutdown of one of the country’s largest fuel pipelines could raise prices at the pump for millions of people in the southeast if the system isn’t able to recover quickly from a cyberattack.

The Colonial Pipeline, which transports nearly half of all fuel for the East Coast, went down on Friday after the private company that operates it said it discovered a breach.

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