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U.S. Reels from Cyberattack on Energy Infrastructure WORLD NEWS May 11, 2021 5 U.S. Reels From Cyberattack COVID Deaths Hold Close to Record High in India on Energy Infrastructure BUCHAREST (Reuters) -- U.S. President Joe Biden was to join a virtual summit of group called DarkSide. Cybersecurity eastern European NATO states held in the experts said the group appears to be Romanian capital Bucharest on Monday, Ro- composed of veteran cybercriminals manian President Klaus Iohannis said, with a focused on squeezing as much money focus on security in the Black Sea region and as they can from their targets. Ukraine. The summit of the Bucharest Nine, The southeastern United States a group of European countries on the eastern would likely be the first to see price edge of NATO, was jointly hosted by Iohan- increases at retail pumps, and demand nis and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and has already picked up as drivers fill aimed at coordinating the security positions of countries in the region. “Glad to welcome their tanks. The southeast is the most Joe Biden to the Bucharest9 Summit which dependent on the line and has fewer I host in Bucharest today,” Iohannis said on alternatives than states further north, his Twitter account. “Together with President and has seen prices spike during pre- Andrzej Duda we’ll also welcome ... Jens vious shutdowns. Stoltenberg in preparation of NATO Summit, Gas stations in southeastern states focusing on Transatlantic ties, NATO 2030, such as Georgia, North Carolina and defence and deterrence on the eastern flank.” Tennessee were seeing some abnor- An Indian woman getting vaccinated with a dose of COVAXIN against the coronavirus Biden, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stol- tenberg and the presidents of Bulgaria, the mal buying, fed by demand fears, said gestures to camera in Gauhati, Assam, India, May 10, 2021. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, A logo sign outside of a Colonial Pipeline Company facility in Lithuania and Slovakia video-conferenced Baltimore, Maryland. analysis at GasBuddy. NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- Coronavi- holding large election rallies during the into the gathering. Earlier this month, Wash- “My biggest concern, as far as the rus infections and deaths held close past two months even as cases surged. ington said it could increase security help for NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. in the name of the cyber group Dark- consumer goes, is that you end up to record daily highs on Monday, in- “A failure of governance of epic and Kyiv after Russia moved troops near its border government and the top fuel pipe- Side, the group suspected of the at- with a run on the gasoline supplies at creasing calls for the government of historic proportions,” Vipin Narang, a with Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, where line operator in the United States tack on the pipeline, said “our goal the gas station, further exacerbating Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock political science professor at the Massa- Ukrainian troops are in conflict with pro-Rus- on Monday worked to secure the is to make money, and not creating what is happening at the terminals,” down the world’s second-most popu- chusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in sia separatists. network that transports nearly half problems for society.” Its statement said Andrew Lipow, president of con- lous country. the United States, said on Twitter. *** of the East Coast’s fuel supplies, as did not mention Colonial Pipeline by sultants Lipow Oil Associates LLC. The 366,161 new infections and 3,754 Sonia Gandhi, the chief of the main op- the group suspected of a ransom- name. Colonial said on Sunday it restarted deaths reported by the health ministry position Congress party, blamed the gov- WELLINGTON (Reuters) -- Four people ware cyberattack that caused it to Lawmakers urged stronger protec- some smaller lines between fuel ter- were stabbed on Monday in a supermarket in were off a little from recent peaks, tak- ernment for abdicating its responsibility Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, police shutdown last week said it was just tions for critical U.S. energy infra- minals and customer delivery points ing India’s tally to 22.66 million with by leaving vaccinations to states, Reuters said after detaining the man believed to have trying to make money. structure, and the White House has but its main lines remained shut. It did 246,116 deaths as hospitals run out of partner ANI said on Twitter. been responsible. Prime Minister Jacinda Ard- The attack on Colonial Pipeline is made restarting the fuel network a top not provide a timeline for a full restart oxygen and beds and morgues and cre- Delhi’s health minister said the city ern said the incident did not appear to be a ter- one of the most disruptive digital ran- priority and organized a federal task of the 5,500 mile (8,850 km) system. matoria overflow. was running out of vaccines, with just ror-related attack, for which authorities have som schemes reported and the result- force to assess the impact and avoid The pipeline system is the primary Experts have said India’s actual figures three to four days of supplies remaining been on alert since 2019, when a white suprem- ing shutdown has disrupted fuel sup- more severe disruptions. fuel artery from Gulf Coast refineries could be far higher than reported. of AstraZeneca, made by the Serum In- acist gunman killed 51 people in two mosques ply across the eastern United States, While the U.S. government inves- to Mid-Atlantic and southeast states. Sunday’s 1.47 million tests for CO- stitute of India and branded Covishield, in Christchurch.“There is nothing to suggest, triggering isolated sales restrictions at tigation into the attack is in its early It moves over 2.5 million barrels per VID-19 were this month’s lowest yet, the NDTV news channel reported. from the police’s perspective, that this is what they would define as a domestic terror event,” retail pumps and pushing benchmark stages, a former U.S. official and day (bpd) of gasoline, diesel and jet data from the state-run Indian Council By Monday, the world’s largest vac- gasoline prices to a three-year high. three industry sources said the hack- fuel, supplying motorists and major Ardern told reporters. Police said they had yet of Medical Research showed. The figure cine-producing nation had fully vac- to formally interview or charge the alleged of- A news release issued on Monday ers are suspected to be a cybercriminal airports. compared with a daily average of 1.7 cinated just over 34.8 million, or about fender and would investigate the motive for the million for the first eight days of May. 2.5%, of a population of about 1.35 bil- assault at the Countdown supermarket. Police The number of positive results from the lion, government data shows. arrived to find store shoppers had detained South Korea Seeks Peace With North tests was not immediately clear, however. On Sunday, top White House corona- the attacker, Paul Basham, commander of the Many states have imposed strict lock- virus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said he Southern District, told reporters in Dunedin in downs over the last month while others had advised Indian authorities they need- a televised media conference. The victims are But U.S. a Hurdle have placed curbs on movement and shut ed to shut down. in hospital along with the alleged assailant, who is under police guard. Supermarket chain conclusion of the policy review cinemas, restaurants, pubs and shopping The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and that it demonstrated a “view Countdown said it has been concerned about malls. has also called for a “complete, well- escalating violence towards its staff. that the current stalemate in dia- But pressure is mounting on Modi to planned, pre-announced” lockdown. logue is not desirable.” announce a nationwide lockdown as he New Delhi entered a fourth week of *** Biden, however, has shown no did during the first wave of infections lockdown, with tougher curbs such as the CATAWBA, S.C. (AP) — A South Caro- sign of loosening sanctions, which last year. shutdown of the suburban rail network, lina cardboard factory has found itself in the have hampered Moon’s efforts to He is battling criticism for allowing while residents scrambled for scarce hos- middle of a stinky situation as environmental launch economic and tourism proj- huge gatherings at a religious festival and pital beds and oxygen supplies. regulators order it to lower emissions after re- ects with the North, and the White ceiving thousands of complaints relating to a House has not appointed a special “noxious,” rotten egg-like smell coming from envoy to handle the issue. the plant. The South Carolina Department of China to Draw COVID Health and Environmental Control ordered Both Koreas are also distracted the New-Indy Containerboard factory in Ca- by the fallout from the ongoing tawba to check its regulations and equipment coronavirus pandemic. ‘Separation Line’ Atop Everest and decrease emissions of what the agency Facing declining poll numbers called a “noxious air contaminant” by mid- at home, Moon promised the gov- May, The State reported. Residents have com- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President ernment would further boost fis- plained that the smell was wafting through cal spending if needed to increase nearby counties and some neighboring areas Moon Jae-in inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmun- in North Carolina, even causing health is- jom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 27, 2018. jobs, as the country deals with its worst unemployment rate in two sues such as nausea and headaches for some.
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