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TECHNOLOGY => Computing and Internet => Topic started by: bobito on Aug 31, 2012, 12:14 AM

Title: Rasgas' corporate network down because of an unknown virus
Post by: bobito on Aug 31, 2012, 12:14 AM
Less than two weeks after 30,000 computers at a Saudi oil company fell prey to a virus, a Qatari gas firm's Web site and corporate network are also down because of a virus. The virus did not however have impact on production operations and cargo deliveries.

Some reports stated that a hacker group calling itself Cutting Sword of Justice issued a public statement the day Saudi Aramco was attacked, claiming it had sent a virus to destroy 30,000 computers to protest the Al-Saud regime's support for government repression in neighboring countries. A subsequent public message from hackers indicated that the Shamoon virus was used in the attack.






ref: cnet