No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it. Or, are you clueless about how pipelines work?
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Do you know what that is and what it's used for?
I believe that is something a true Muslim could not ingest......
No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it. Or, are you clueless about how pipelines work?
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Do you know what that is and what it's used for?
No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it.
Do you know what that is and what it's used for?
t'd be like operating a railroad and not knowing where the trains are at on it...
Looks to me like they couldn't meter the pipeline system
Do you know what that is and what it's used for?
The company halted operations because its billing system was compromised, three people briefed on the matter told CNN, and they were concerned they wouldn’t be able to figure out how much to bill customers for fuel they received.
One person familiar with the response said the billing system is central to the unfettered operation of the pipeline. That is part of the reason getting it back up and running has taken time, this person said.
Asked about whether the shutdown was prompted by concerns about payment, the company spokesperson said, “In response to the cybersecurity attack on our system, we proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.”
At this time, there is no evidence that the company’s operational technology systems were compromised by the attackers, the spokesperson added
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-payment/index.html
Moron, there is no shortage of gasoline...Colonial shut down the pipeline themselves and that created an artificial shortage.
It is not a gas shortage. There was never a shortage of gasoline.
Looks to me like they couldn't meter the pipeline system
Almost 90% of gas stations in Washington DC have no gas, but it's not a gas shortage because it's an artificial shortage?
Sure...or they shut it down because they would lose $$ if they didn't.
Can people in Washington DC pump artificial gas?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is called an assumption...and it's one you made without doing the research necessary because...wait for it...you're fucking lazy.
In a statement published Saturday, it said the ransomware infected only its corporate IT network. Although the operational network that controls its pipelines and distributes fuel is separate from the corporate network and wasn’t infected, Colonial said it temporarily shut down the pipelines as a precaution to prevent the infection from spreading.
https://www.colpipe.com/news/press-releases/media-statement-colonial-pipeline-system-disruption
They shut it down because they couldn't meter the flow.
Yes, Colonial shut down the pipeline because people would get free gas, and that's what caused the shortage.
Nope. Wrong. You made yet another poor assumption because you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, and can't stand it when someone else does.
The company halted operations because its billing system was compromised, three people briefed on the matter told CNN, and they were concerned they wouldn’t be able to figure out how much to bill customers for fuel they received.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-payment/index.html
In a statement published Saturday, it said the ransomware infected only its corporate IT network. Although the operational network that controls its pipelines and distributes fuel is separate from the corporate network and wasn’t infected, Colonial said it temporarily shut down the pipelines as a precaution to prevent the infection from spreading.
https://www.colpipe.com/news/press-releases/media-statement-colonial-pipeline-system-disruption
Seriously, do you enjoy being wrong about everything all the time?
It's a more accurate one than you've made since neither you or the journalists that you cite know shit about pipelines.
Colonial said they shut down the pipeline because their billing system was attacked
Yes, I do
That's a metering issue.
If you can't measure the flow through the pipeline, you don't know how much is moved or when to switch what is being pumped.
So CNN says, citing unnamed sources. Assuming they're correct, people in the nation's capital can get all the gas they want, then?