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HEADS UP! ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Threaten to Target Regional Oil and Gas Firms on the 20th of June (Video) Cyber Terror to Come?
‘Anonymous’ Hackers Threaten to Target Regional Oil and Gas Firms on the 20th of June
June 18 2014
I believe the targeted grouop would impact all AMCO gas stations, which we have plenty of in California. What about your state? Between the ISIS overthrowing gas and oil, now this? We can expect EXTREMELY high gasoline prices, folks.
The UAE’s Adnoc and Enoc are among the list of oil, gas, and energy companies that may come under cyber-attacks on June 20 or closely after that, security firm Symantec has warned.
According to Symantec, a hacker group called Anonymous, which recently threatened to hack corporate sponsors of the Fifa World Cup, has threatened to launch cyber-attacks against oil, gas, and energy companies, specifically the petroleum industry in the Middle East, before, during, and after June 20, 2014.
Anonymous had issued a similar threat last year.
According to Symantec, this year’s attack is also called “Operation Petrol” and is directed against the US dollar being used as the currency to buy and sell oil.
The hackers are also threatening to target government websites of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.
The group has claimed that they have already hacked 204 sites as part of #Op Petrol. However, the list of hacked sites as detailed by the group reveals more travel and tourism-related websites than any major oil and gas-related firms.
The alert comes weeks after the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (Gisec) in Dubai where it was revealed that majority of companies in the UAE and the Gulf are not even aware that they have been attacked by cyber criminals. Read more or watch the video below.
Are you prepared?
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