Natural gas
Romania’s oil pipeline operator Conpet confirms data stolen in attack
Romania’s national oil pipeline operator, Conpet S.A., confirmed that the Qilin ransomware gang stole company data in an attack last week. In a press release the day following the incident, the company said that the threat actor breached its corporate IT infrastructure, but operations remained unaffected. Conpet S.A. published an update today about the incident, saying that […]
CISA warns of hackers targeting critical oil infrastructure
CISA warned critical infrastructure organizations of “unsophisticated” threat actors actively targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas sectors. While these attacks use very basic tactics to compromise their targets’ industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) equipment, CISA also cautioned that they could still lead to significant impact, including physical damage and disruptions. “CISA is increasingly aware of unsophisticated […]