11/02/2011

Data theft attacks plague oil companies

Security_2 CNET news reported yesterday that data theft attacks having been plaguing the oil industry for years. According to McAfee, the publishers of the report on the attacks, there have been well co-ordinated attacks coming from China.  The intention of the planned attacks has been to steal sensitive information in order to conduct espionage. 

McAfee's Chief Technology Officer said, "We have strong evidence suggesting that the attackers were based in China. The tools, techniques, and network activities used in these attacks originate primarily in China. These tools are widely available on the Chinese Web forums and tend to be used extensively by Chinese hacker groups."

For more details check out the McAfee report here.



Dominique Lazanski
By Dominique Lazanski
11 Feb 2011 12:11:00

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