North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Monday to help ensure the state maintains a sufficient fuel supply amid the ongoing Colonial Pipeline shutdown, a report said.
The order intends to provide adequate fuel to state drivers by temporarily suspending motor vehicle fuel regulations, WLOS reported.
“Today’s emergency declaration will help North Carolina prepare for any potential motor vehicle fuel supply interruptions across the state and ensure motorists are able to have access to fuel,” Cooper said in a release, the report said.
Monday marked the fourth day the crucial Colonial Pipeline was offline due to a cyberattack.
A smaller line within the network that transports fuel from North Carolina to Maryland is under manual operation, the company told Fox Business Monday night, as it works to restore full service.
The operator of the pipeline confirmed to the network that Line 4 was running manually to move its existing inventory while the company recovers from a cyberattack that shut down its operations Friday.
On Monday, the FBI confirmed the cyberattack was carried out by a professional gang of hackers known as “DarkSide.”
DarkSide is known to extort cash from corporations and give a cut to charity, the Associated Press reported Sunday, citing sources familiar with the federal investigation.
The Colonial Pipeline supplies the East Coast with about 45 percent of its fuel.
The pipeline’s operator said Monday that it hoped to have service restored by the end of the week after restarting smaller lines in the network that runs through 10 states between Texas and New Jersey, but warned that prices will rise otherwise, according to the Associated Press.
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