Pemex
November 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
A ransomware attack hits computer servers and halts administrative work at Mexican state oil firm Pemex.
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
October 30, 2019
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) confirms that the network of a nuclear power plant was infected with malware. Several security researchers identify the malware as a version of DTrack, a backdoor trojan developed by the Lazarus Group.
Hibiscus Petroleum
October 7, 2019
•[ hack, energy ]
Hibiscus Petroleum reveals that its IT system was "subjected to an attack" the previous week.
US petroleum industry
October 1, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Netskope discover a campaign against the US petroleum industry carried out via a new Adwind Remote Access Trojan (RAT) variant.
At least 17 Utilities in the US.
September 23, 2019
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Proofpoint disclose a new attack targeting US Utilities. The operation is dubbed LookBack.
U.K.-based energy firm
August 30, 2019
•[ financial, social, energy ]
An insurance firm (Euler Hermes Group SA) reveals that criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a CEO's voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of 220,000 ($243,000) back in March.
City Power
July 25, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
City Power, a major electricity supplier in South Africa's largest city has suffered a ransomware attack, leaving some residents without power. More than a quarter of a million people might have been affected.
Russia's electric power grid
June 15, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, energy ]
The New York Times, citing current and former government officials, reveals that the United States planted a potentially destructive malware in Russia's electric power grid.
Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSSPDCL)
May 1, 2019
•[ hack, energy ]
The websites of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSSPDCL) and its AP counterpart were hacked a couple of days ago, disrupting web services, including online payments.
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla)
April 8, 2019
•[ hack, energy ]
The official website of the Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) is defaced twice in the space of few hours.
Fort Collins Loveland Water District
March 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District are the victim of a ransomware attack occurred on February 11.
Vale
January 29, 2019
•[ leak, energy ]
The Brazilian multinational mining company Vale is hacked and confidential internal documents are leaked (about 40 thousand files in a 500 MB folder).
Italian organization operating in the Oil&Gas sector
January 11, 2019
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab reveal a campaign against an undisclosed Italian organization in the Oil and Gas sector, exploiting CVE-2017-11882 to distribute the AVE_MARIA malware.
Tecnimont SpA
January 11, 2019
•[ financial, phishing, energy ]
The Indian subsidiary of Tecnimont SpA falls prey to a fraud wherein $18.6 million (INR 130 crore) were being stolen by a group of Chinese hackers pretending to be trading an acquisition in China.
SAIPEM
December 20, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
An attack on the Italian oil firm Saipem targeted servers based in India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, and the United Arab Emirates. Hackers used a variant of the Shamoon virus.
SAIPEM
December 10, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
Italian oil services company SAIPEM is hit by a new version of the Shamoon malware. The attack started in India and hit the servers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Fingers are pointed to Iran.
RWE
September 25, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
Unknown attackers launch a large-scale DDoS attack that takes down RWE's website.
Chlorine distillation plant in Ukraine
July 11, 2018
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) reveals it stopped a cyber-attack with the VPNFilter malware on a chlorine distillation plant in the village of Aulska, in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The SBU accuses Russia of operating the malware and launching the attack.
Z Energy Ltd
June 27, 2018
•[ hack, energy ]
New Zealand-based fuel supplier Z Energy Ltd says it has been presented with evidence that customer data from its Z Card Online database was accessed by a third party in November 2017.
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVNL)
March 21, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVNL), a power distribution company suffers a cyber attack on its Automatic Meter Reading System (AMR) in which billing data of about 4,000 industrial consumers are encrypted. The attackers demand a ransomware extortion payment.
