Impact of pipeline shutdown on Maryland drivers

COULD COST YOU THE NEXT TIMEYOU GO TO FILL UP YOUR TANK.HERECOLONIAL PIPELINE THAT RUNSFROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP THEEAST COAST.

IT WAS FORCED TOSHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THERANSOM WARE ATTACK.

AND WECOULD BE ONE OF THE AREAS THATFEELS IT THE MOST.

EARLIERTODAY WMAR2 NEWSTALKED TO A GAS STATION OWNER,SOME DRIVERS AND "TRIPLE AABOUT THE IMPACT HERE.Whether iteven a bikeprices Affects anyone onwheels.

James Barnes Gettingas 16:56:37-16:56:42“I usedto put $2 in here but now Igotta go out and put about $3or $4 and it impacts mebecause Iitquickly” 16:58:54-16:59:07“It really stinks and you knowwho knows how much thegovernment really knows aboutit.

Is it just the criminalswho knows?

Bad for us and Ithink the government should dosomething about it”INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE Acriminal group from Russia isresponsible for a cyber attackON the nations largest fuelpipeline.

Robert Lee is aCyber Security expert forDrago Inc.

Out of Hanover.

Hesays Colonial did all theright things and says cyberattacks like this are becomingmore and more common.

RobeLee Dragos Inc.

However, everytime the attacks happen, wetalk about what is thegovernment doing?

What cangovernment do more?

Why aren'tthey doing more?

The realityis a lot of this is theresponsibility of ourcompanies.

Now they'revictims. We shouldn't blamethem for the attacks.

However,there is investments that isneeded inside the companies onthe operations networks.Government simply can't scaleto try to make thoseinvestments for each and everycompany.

What the governmentcould do is be consistent tothe messaging in what thatinvestment looks like andenabling them to make theinvestments.“ The linedelivers around 45% of allfuel to the East Coast.

Italked to a contractor whoWhether iteven a bikeprices Affects anyone onwheelsTHINGS BACK ON LINE BUT ITTHINGS BACKHILINE BUT ITSHOULDNTHINGS BACKHICHINE BUT ITHOPEFULLY WILL LESSEN THEIMP