Hackers Targeted Oil Companies for Oil-Location Data

January 26th, 2010 admin

Three U.S. oil companies were targeted in a coordinated hack that sought valuable information about new discoveries of oil deposits and other data, according to a new report in the Christian Science Monitor . The attacks predated by two years recent intrusions into Google and other companies but shared some similarities to those attacks. Highly targeted malicious e-mails were sent to employees and customized spyware attempted to grab specific data. The hackers sought “bid data,” which details the location of oil deposits around …


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