50 confirmed, possibly more Norwegian oil companies hacked

  • 27 August 2014
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Author: Zeljka Zorz/ HNS Managing Editor  Posted on 27 August 2014.
 
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Among the likely targets is Statoil, Norway's largest oil company. The identities of other firms that have been breached haven't been disclosed.

A spokesperson for Statoil confirmed that they were warned about a possible hack attack by the National Security Authority, the Norwegian security agency that, among other things, is charged with dealing with security matters regarding information and communication technologies, as well as running the national CERT (NorCERT).

The National Security Authority was warned about the attacks by ”international contacts," and apparently has an inkling who might be behind the attacks, but they are choosing not to share their suspicions publicly at this time.

 
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