https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Experts-Cyberattacks-Could-Threaten-Entire-Countries-Not-Just-Energy-Assets.html
By Tsvetana Paraskova
Oilprice.com
Nov 14, 2018
Cyber attacks have grown bolder and increasingly creative and some of them
target the shutting down of entire countries, not just disrupting oil and
gas assets or stealing identities, according to industry experts.
"At some point (hackers) were after a quick buck, just wanting to make
some money and steal a few identities," Wael Fattouh, a partner with PwC
in Saudi Arabia, said at the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi on
Wednesday.
"But now you have teams of people dedicated to coming up with creative
ways of shutting down entire countries -- not just companies," CNBC quoted
Fattouh as saying at the event.
Experts have been warning for some time that oil and gas companies and
entire countries that are big oil producers could be vulnerable to cyber
threats. An analysis of data collected from 134 countries by the
International Telecommunication Union has revealed that some of the
world’s biggest oil producers -- including Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela,
Iran, and the UAE -- are lacking in the cybersecurity department.
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