Episode 280: Gas Panics and the Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Breach

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the gas panic triggered by the recent cybersecurity breach at Colonial Pipeline.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• A cybersecurity breach at Colonial Pipeline caused panic, prompting motorists to line up at service stations up and down the East Coast. Natalia, Niki, and Neil all drew on historian Meg Jacobs’ work, and Natalia referred to Dan Taberski’s podcast Surviving Y2K. 

 

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed Julie Creswell’s New York Times article, “Diet Companies See Gains as Americans Try to Drop Pandemic Pounds.”
• Neil recommended Kathryn Hymes’ Atlantic article, “Why We Speak More Weirdly At Home.”
• Niki shared her CNN column, “The Drama in Stacey Abrams’ Political Thriller is Unfolding Off the Page.”