Cyberattack on pipeline spotlights holes in U.S. energy security

Jet fuel tanks are seen outside JFK International Airport in New York June 4, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

(Reuters) -A cyberattack that shut the largest U.S. gasoline pipeline and jeopardized supplies from Gulf Coast refining centers to cities including Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Atlanta put energy security back in the spotlight.

Colonial Pipeline halted operations to contain the threat after learning of Friday's attack, the company said. It cut deliveries of 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel through 5,500 miles (8,850 km) of pipelines.