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A recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline for the east of the US was the most disruptive attack ever, and it triggered people to panic buy gasoline.

The hacking group Darkside said it also hacked four other companies such as a Toshiba company in Germany. Reportedly, Colonial Pipeline paid $5 million to the hackers, but the company did not confirm if it paid any money.

Colonial Pipeline runs the largest pipeline of gasoline in the US, and when the hack began, the event shut down the pipeline. People panicked and bought so much gasoline that gas stations ran out of gas, and the price of gasoline climbed over $3.00, which was the most expensive since 2014. US gasoline use then fell; a gasoline website said it was likely due to the less panic buying over time.

The situation improved recently after ships and trucks came to fill the empty gasoline tanks.

[source](https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/gasoline-problems-level-3/)

## connet the words with there meaning:
| is  |            | number |                              |
| --- |:---------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| 1   | trigger    |  5      | a very problematic event     |
| 2   | shut down  |  4      | to buy something out of fear |
| 3   | run out of |  1      | to cause people to react     |
| 4   | panic buy  |  2      | to close                     |
| 5   | disruptive |  3      | to have nothing left         |


## Answere these questions:

1. What is a pipeline? a pipeline is a pipe for big scale fluid moving.
1. Who was the attacker? darkside.
2. What was likely the motivation for the attack? money
3. What means disruptive attack? an attack that have a large extent.
4. How was the situation improved? ships and truck with further gasoline.


## open discussion:

- Do you think cyber-attacks could affect you personally? Yes, attack of the internet, would be like 30-40 years ago.
- How aware are you about your data-footprint? Aware about cookies, big hidden extend.
- Do you use good and different passwords for you different logins? similiare passwords
