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Colonial Pipeline attack: Amid service outage, NC declares state of emergency to help ensure fuel supply

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a statement from Gov. Roy Cooper said — noting that the pipeline is the primary fuel source for North Carolina.Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after revealing a ransomware attack that it said had affected some of its systems.

The pipeline plays a key role in transporting gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and other petroleum products from Texas all the way to the Northeast.Monday, the FBI named DarkSide as the criminal syndicate whose ransomware was used in the attack.

The group's members are Russian speakers, and the syndicate’s malware is coded not to attack networks using Russian-language keyboards.

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