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US's largest oil pipeline facility was shut down for the fourth day due to hackers' ransomware attacks, the US government even declared a local emergency. There are concerns that even international oil prices could be affected.
This is Kim Jong-won's correspondent from New York.
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The operation of the largest oil pipeline in the United States, extending from Texas in the southern United States to eastern New Jersey, spanning about 9,000 km, has already been suspended for the fourth day.
This is because some computer systems were damaged by ransomware attacks by hacking criminal organizations.
[Elizabeth Sherwood Randall/US Homeland Security Adviser: Colonial Corp. has shut down pipelines as a precaution to prevent ransomware from taking over computer systems and controlling them.]
Recently, some pipelines have resumed operations, but major lines are still closed. State.
Colonial Pipeline, a company that operates an oil pipeline, said its goal is to resume operations by this weekend, and said the situation is fluid.
Today (11th) at the New York Commercial Exchange, concerns were raised that oil prices would skyrocket and affect international oil prices, but the market ended with a steady turn in the announcement of Colonial's early recovery plan.
President Biden has emphasized international cooperation on ransomware attacks.
[Joe Biden/U.S. President: This administration will make international efforts to counter ransomware attacks. Transnational criminal gangs using international money laundering networks are launching ransomware attacks.] As
the holiday season in the United States begins soon, concerns have been raised that if recovery is delayed, international oil prices will fluctuate significantly.