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Saudi says foreign group behind cyber-attacks
A Saudi official says the cyber-attacks that hit the country’s oil giant Aramco and Qatari natural gas producer RasGas in August originated outside the kingdom.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said in a statement Sunday that an investigation concluded that an “organized foreign group … was behind the attacks” and that Aramco employees were not involved. He did not name the group, or say where it was based.
The cyber-attacks used a virus, known as Shamoon, which can spread through networked computers and ultimately wipes out files by overwriting them.
Aramco has said production wasn’t affected.
Two previously unknown groups claimed responsibility for the Aramco attack to avenge what it called Saudi support for “crimes and atrocities” in Syria, Bahrain and other Arab countries.
2 Comments on "Saudi says foreign group behind cyber-attacks"
BillT on Mon, 10th Dec 2012 3:34 am
Of course they are, but who? CIA? Israelis? Iran? Rogues?
And who is doing it the most? The USSof A! Followed by Israel, Russia, China, and any other country with any technology. It is the new way to wage war. Wait until someone takes down the internet…lol.
DC on Mon, 10th Dec 2012 5:25 am
an “organized foreign group is just a euphamism for ‘Iran’, since that is what there amerikan masters want them to say. Never-mind that so-called cyber-attacks only hurt the 1% and hardly anyone else. Let alone no has ever been killed or even injured as a result of ‘cyber-warfare’ you got to wonder what all the hysteria is for