Shutdown of US pipeline after cyber attack prompts worry over gas prices.

Shutdown of US pipeline after cyber attack prompts worry over gas prices. The hackers who caused the vast Colonial Pipeline to shut down on Friday reportedly began their cyberattack against the top US fuel pipeline operator a day earlier and stole a large amount of data. The attackers are part of a cybercrime group called DarkSide and took nearly 100 gigabytes of data out of Colonial’s network in just two hours on Thursday, the Bloomberg news website reported late Saturday, citing two people involved in the company’s investigation. The Biden administration responded on Sunday with an emergency loosening of regulations for the transport of petroleum products on highways as part of an “all-hands-on-deck” effort to avoid disruptions in the fuel supply. The shutdown is already prompting worries about a spike in gasoline and diesel prices ahead of the peak summer driving season if the outage does not end soon. Colonial did not immediately reply to an email from Reuters seeking comment outside usual US business