AAA warns on gas prices, North Carolina invokes emergency as Colonial hackers apologize

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'Areas including Mississippi, Tennessee and the east coast from Georgia into Delaware are most likely to experience limited fuel availability and price increases, as early as this week,' the American Automobile Association said on Monday.

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North Carolina declared a state of emergency on Monday as gas prices were expected to rise in parts of the U.S. Meanwhile, the hacker group responsible for the ransomware attack that crippled the Colonial Pipeline issued an apology.

The American Automobile Association forecasted modest location-specific increases to gas prices this week due to the shutdown of the pipeline, which supplies around 45 percent of fuel to the East Coast. A ransomware attack shut down the Colonial Pipeline on Friday, prompting concerns about fuel supplies and predictions about rising gas prices. A Mobil gas station is pictured in New York City on May 3, 2021.confirmed was responsible for the attack on Monday, issued an unusual apology for the attack on the same day.

. Price increases may occur due to difficulties in transporting the fuel from Texas, where the pipeline originates, to the areas it serves. Retailers in some area may also choose to raise prices themselves even if their own supplies are not impacted.directed the Department of Transportation to loosen restrictions on using tankers to deliver gas until the pipeline can be restored.

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À chaque fois que les Américains ont un problème d’arnaque informatique ils accusent la Russie.Qu’ils regardent leur plan de sevrage au niveau des pipelines.Ils ont arrêté Keystone et la gouverneure du Michigan veut fermer un autre pipeline dans son état.Les citoyens vont rugir.

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