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NOTSOGRN Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,078 Points:1,536,705 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Dec 10, 2012 1:57:28 AM Ignore NOTSOGRN Report Abuse JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, said on Sunday that a cyberattack against it in August that damaged some 30,000 computers was aimed at stopping oil and gas production in Saudi Arabia, the biggest exporter in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. “The main target in this attack was to stop the flow of oil and gas to local and international markets and thank God they were not able to achieve their goals,” Abdullah al-Saadan, Aramco’s vice president for corporate planning, said on Al Ekhbariya television. It was Aramco’s first comments on the apparent aim of the attack. Visit The New York Times for full article

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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, said on Sunday that a cyberattack against it in August that damaged some 30,000 computers was aimed at stopping oil and gas production in Saudi Arabia, the biggest exporter in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“The main target in this attack was to stop the flow of oil and gas to local and international markets and thank God they were not able to achieve their goals,” Abdullah al-Saadan, Aramco’s vice president for corporate planning, said on Al Ekhbariya television. It was Aramco’s first comments on the apparent aim of the attack.
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SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:14,177 Points:1,661,255 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Dec 11, 2012 10:30:32 AM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse From the article: "Hackers from a group called Cutting Sword of Justice claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that their motives were political and that the virus gave them access to documents from Aramco’s computers, which they threatened to release. No documents have yet been published. "Aramco and the Saudi Interior Ministry are investigating the attack. A ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, said the attackers were an organized group operating from countries on four continents."
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leemun Champion Author Utah Posts:5,683 Points:1,067,765 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Dec 11, 2012 12:56:47 AM Ignore leemun Report Abuse Such stupidity, and these hackers accomplished nothing in the end.
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orphancarguyPE Champion Author PEI Posts:3,910 Points:759,175 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Dec 10, 2012 9:27:12 AM Ignore orphancarguyPE Report Abuse Since Saudi Arabia supplies about 10% of the worlds oil, and virtually ALL of the swing capacity left, this is big news.
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tankumo Veteran Author Vancouver Posts:424 Points:78,425 Joined:Dec 2012	Message Posted: Dec 10, 2012 3:39:10 AM Ignore tankumo Report Abuse This is not new. Expect cyber attack on US. China, Russia, Iran....those hating the US are suspects. Read this book, 'secret weapon' by Kevin Freeman. /Secret-Weapon-Economic-Terrorism-Brought/dp/1596987944
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