The energyindustry is increasingly being targeted for data theft and sabotage, withVenezuela’s state-owned PDSVA the latest victim having fended off a “massive”hacking attempt of its computer system last month.
It followedearlier high-profile attacks on physical infrastructure, such as the Stuxnetvirus that attacked Iran's nuclear reactors and the Shamoon virus thatthreatened to shut down Saudi Aramco's internal networks controlling oil andgas production.
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