Post Tagged with: "cyberattack"

Source: Houston Chronicle

Pemex communications still spotty after crippling cyberattack

Houston Chronicle


Some of Petroleos Mexicanos’s communication systems are still affected two weeks after a cyberattack hit Mexico’s beleaguered state oil firm.

For some employees, internet access is limited, some computer files aren’t accessible and they are having difficulty receiving …

Source: Reuters/Edgard Garrido

Mexico’s Pemex won’t pay ransom after cyberattack: energy minister

Reuters


Mexican national oil company Pemex will not pay a ransom demanded by suspected cyberattackers who targeted the firm’s computer systems, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle told reporters on Wednesday.

Nahle, who also serves as chair of the Pemex board, added …

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at the damaged site of Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed/File Photo

Exclusive: U.S. carried out secret cyber strike on Iran in wake of Saudi oil attack: officials

Source: Reuters


The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two U.S. officials have told Reuters.

The …

October 16, 2019 - 9:55 am Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, International