Gas crunch from cyberattack intensifies in nation’s capital
The tracking service GasBuddy.com on Friday showed that 86% of gas stations were out of fuel in Washington, D.C., more than half were out in Virginia and 42% of Maryland stations were dry. More than 70% of stations were without gas in North Carolina, and more than half were tapped out in Georgia and South Carolina.
A gas station owner in Virginia said panic buying is the problem.
Yes, ransomware is a growing threat we need to respond to firmly and soon. Yes, it's frightening to think—know—so many essential services can be interrupted so easily. But that will continue to happen for some while and we need to roll with the punches when it does.
The Colonial Pipeline shutdown would have been much, much less an inconvenience if people had just kept their cool. Just carpooling for a day or two, postponing that trip to the hardware store until next weekend, letting the grass grow a little longer…small economies might very well have finessed the whole thing.
Like with the Great Toilet Paper Crisis of a year ago, this collapse didn't really need to happen.
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