This has become a less familiar sight as demand for gasoline increased and the Colonial Pipeline is shut down.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBut numerous posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media show motorists not only filling up their vehicle tanks but trunks full of portable gasoline jerry cans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Politics enter the picture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In the current, hyper-politicized climate, the crisis has given some administration critics an opportunity to criticize the White House. Several Republicans cited Biden\u2019s opposition to projects such as the Keystone XL pipeline \u2013 even though that would have no impact on East Coast fuel supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rep. Yvette Clarke, a New York Democrat, announced that the Homeland Security subcommittee she chairs will \u201chold hearings on this incident to explore how we, as a nation, can prevent similar attacks in the future as well as to assess the federal response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sen. Shelly Moor Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, echoed that, calling for a \u201chealthy discussion\u201d of pipeline cybersecurity. Capito leads the GOP side in talks over Biden\u2019s proposed infrastructure bill and said the issue should be included in any final package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mysterious hacker group blamed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cyberattacks have increased in recent years. The FBI launched a probe in March after attacks on two major U.S. hospitals, others were hit by ransomware last October. And the federal government itself fell victim to the SolarWinds attack last year which saw cyber terrorists breach computer systems operated by the Pentagon, the State and Treasury Departments and the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FBI this week blamed DarkSide, a criminal hacker group believed based in Russia or another part of Eastern Europe for the Colonial Pipeline attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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