US pipeline hit by cyberattack could be online by week's end

NEW YORK: The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack said Monday that it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week.

Colonial Pipeline offered that update after revealing that it had halted operations because of a ransomware attack the FBI has linked to a criminal gang. A cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline that led to a partial shutdown is raising concerns that supplies of petrol, jet fuel and diesel could be disrupted in parts of the East Coast if the disruption continues.