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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses in response to a series of headline-grabbing hacking incidents that highlight how vulnerable the country’s public and private sectors are to high-tech spies and criminals operating from half a world away.

Fuel shortages that have slammed the East Coast are starting to wind down as the Colonial Pipeline has restarted service following a cyberattack last week by Russian ransomware group DarkSide.

The more than six-decade-old Line 5 pipeline transports up to 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario, taking a shortcut through Michigan and along the lake bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

"We said that we would keep the middle seat open until customers are comfortable sitting there and the experts tell us it’s the right time to sell," Bastian explained to TODAY on Wednesday. "We were sold out on our planes right through April. There were no seats available, the demand was strong to be on Delta."

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack and how the U.S. needs to remain energy-independent.

The ransomware gang responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack claims it’s driven by money, not politics, and even insists it has a charitable streak.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says consumers should follow the gas canister manufacturer's instructions for storing and transporting gasoline as Americans respond to gas shortages

To free up more fuel for drivers, the EPA waived fuel standards for a dozen states.

With Colonial Pipeline shutdown and gas shortages hitting the U.S., suddenly Biden’s push to cancel pipelines seems like a bad idea.

The increase comes as over 1,000 fuel stations across the East Coast have reported gasoline outages following Friday's cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.

The Colonial Pipeline may be the first of other major U.S. infrastructure attacks, says the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in response to a cyberattack that shut down a major pipeline and left more than 1,000 gas stations across several states – including Florida – without fuel.

As a major pipeline entered its fifth day of being shut down from a cyberattack, more than 1,000 gas stations reported running out of fuel, prompting government officials to waive environmental rules to expedite the delivery of fuel while assuring the public there was no cause for alarm.

Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States is under attack.

With the Colonial Pipeline closed down, drivers hit the panic button creating long lines at the pump up and down the East Coast.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday declared a state of emergency as the Colonial Pipeline, which transports a significant amount of gasoline to the East Coast, remained offline following a ransomware attack.