Cyber attack shuts down U.S. fuel pipeline ‘jugular,’ Biden briefed

[KittySlayer]

I was just told that Pensacola Florida is dry. All fuel centers out of petroleum.

I'm Rich!!! My retirement plan is complete!!!

• 50 gallons of gas
• A dozen sheets of plywood
• A case of toilet paper
• A bottle of small batch bourbon

 

[KLB]

I'm Rich!!! My retirement plan is complete!!!

• 50 gallons of gas
• A dozen sheets of plywood
• A case of toilet paper
• A bottle of small batch bourbon

You forgot a brick of 22s

 

[Biggredchev]

Pretty sure this “cyber attack” is a cover up for jack wagon Joe pulling pipeline permits and F-ing over the oil industry. Then again I like a good conspiracy...

Gas here is still the same $2.89 it was last week. No shortage.

 

[KittySlayer]

Joe to Jimmy... Hold My Beer!

 

[Keith_Indy]

Fuel trucker shortage due to retirement and moving to other industries last year.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

I guess the stupidity is spreading. I just heard their are several gas stations out of gas here in Dubois county and Spencer county

 

[singlesix]

I guess the stupidity is spreading. I just heard their are several gas stations out of gas here in Dubois county and Spencer county

Was wondering when the panic would expand...

 

[rooster]

Was wondering when the panic would expand.

They can blame the panic all they want but at the end of the day we have a supply issue. Everyone topping off their tanks and a couple a holes getting trash bags of gas shouldn’t crash the system.

 

[Keith_Indy]

press and politicians: REMAIN CALM, ALL IS WELL

everybody: panic!!!!

 

[Keith_Indy]

They can blame the panic all they want but at the end of the day we have a supply issue. Everyone topping off their tanks and a couple a holes getting trash bags of gas shouldn’t crash the system.

and what source are you judging that on?

I don't see a crash to the system, just one part of it.

 

[canebreaker]

How's the fuel holding out up there?
I'm in MS about 8 miles south of Memphis, TN. Reg gas is $2.50 to 2.89 per gallon in Horn Lake and Southaven. The cheaper stations will have a car at every pump and a few waiting. The higher stations have very few for fuel.
Lots of talk from Jackson, MS south. Stations have no fuel and don't expect to get their next before the weekend. Prices are $3.50 and climbing with each delivery. From Gulfport, I paid $2.89 per gallon on Monday. The station closed waiting for it next delivery. It was open this morning, $3.79.

 

[rooster]

 

[actaeon277]

The problem isn't "a couple".
The problem is "millions".

Just like ammo, and toilet paper.

 

[actaeon277]

If the figure out who's hacking, drop some Rangers on them.

 

[Ark]

Still don't understand why a Windows machine getting locked out by ransomware can't be remedied by unplugging the tower and replacing it with a backup that is already configured and ready to go.

In freaking 1995 all this stuff was run on a big metal control console, and it couldn't go down because some idiot replied to a phishing email with their account credentials. We're moving backwards because companies are too lazy and cheap to air gap their systems.

Tell the "hackers" we're paying the ransom, get the NSA to root them out, drop a JDAM on their head. These are massive, disruptive, dangerous, costly events and we need to start treating them as such and hunting down and killing the people who perpetrate them just like we do with regular terrorists.

 

[PAT458]

Cyber attack shuts down U.S. fuel pipeline ‘jugular,’ Biden briefed

Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware.

www.reuters.com

 

[PAT458]

Yeah, ideally they NAT’d the public IP into a DMZ’d system and just have to restore that interface to bring the system back up. But ideal costs money and time, and sometimes execs don’t understood or approve that.

Energy independence to gasoline shortages in (4) months, Way to go Joe !

 

[Keith_Indy]

Our government can be handy sometimes...

map of energy in the US, including extraction, refining, power plants, and distribution methods

United States - Maps - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

 

[Keith_Indy]

I guess the stupidity is spreading. I just heard their are several gas stations out of gas here in Dubois county and Spencer county

heard from where?

 

[rooster]

and what source are you judging that on?

1. The BS propaganda that the media started putting out yesterday that gas sales had jumped 40%. Not possible, I might believe it if they said 10 but not 40

Perhaps someone with some fueling station experience could help us with the numbers but surely most gas stations have 3-4 days of normal fuel use in the tanks. That would mean if we are running out now that the supply chains are stretched thin.