White House Monitoring Fuel Supply Shortages Following Pipeline Cyberattack

White House Monitoring Fuel Supply Shortages, Following Pipeline Cyberattack.

The Biden Administration is monitoring fuel supply shortages in the Southeastern United States following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

We are ... evaluating every action the Administration can take to mitigate the impact as much as possible, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, via statement.

Though there are no signs of shortages yet, the current developments have caused concerns about rising gas prices.

Alabama, Florida and Georgia may be the first to see an increase due to the shutdown.

Colonial Pipeline plans to bring its systems back online and restart its operations by the end of the week