Biden high gas prices leads to thefts from stations

 Fox News:

Thieves across the United States are stealing gas, either by physically taking gas from pumps and other vehicles or by hacking gas retailers' networks, as fuel prices hit record highs.

While the gas thieves might think they are doing drivers a favor by reselling stolen gas at a discount, experts say gas thieves are not exactly sticking it to the man the way they think they are.

"There is no Robin Hood in this," Jeff Lenard, vice president of strategic industry initiatives at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), told Fox News Digital. "These are thieves. They are not robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. The gas station owner is the least responsible for high prices. The cost of theft gets passed on in higher prices, and when people are driving around with unsecured stolen fuel, it is a concern to anybody."

Terry Kim, Air Force veteran co-founder of NGT Academy, a network engineering and cybersecurity training academy, similarly said, "It's really sad because who's really losing out in these types of situations is the gas station owner."

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"You can literally put them completely out of business [into] bankruptcy by doing this kind of stuff. Even though stealing oil might be helping people or getting free gas, this is really a bad thing for these gas station owners," he said.

In Virginia Beach, Virginia earlier this month, police observed "numerous vehicles" using devices to pump gas from a Citgo station that was closed at the time.

"During the officers’ preliminary investigation, it was determined that devices were being used to illegally access gas pumps. Individuals were then selling the gasoline at a discounted rate through a phone application and had advertised the operation on social media. It was determined that thousands of dollars worth of gasoline was stolen from the business over several days," the Virginia Beach Police Department said in a June 14 press release.

To protect themselves from cyberattacks, fuel retailers should make sure their networks are up-to-date and properly secured so that their technology infrastructure has no vulnerabilities, or weaknesses allowing hackers to infiltrate their networks and steal or change information. Stores and franchises should also train their employees, Kim and NGT Academy co-founder Jacob Hess said.
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I blame Biden and the Democrats for deliberately driving up the price of gas as part of their anti-energy agenda.  They are trying to push people into alternative energy that does not exist at this point.