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  • Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Struggles To Recover From Hack Attack ( Nasty Virus messes with MBR )

    08/24/2012 2:51:50 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 18 replies
    techweekeurope.co.uk ^ | August 24, 2012 | Tom Brewster
    The largest company in the world is blocking outside access to its communication systems as it continues to struggle to get systems back online following a suspected cyber attack earlier this month.On 15 August, Saudi Aramco said it had isolated all its electronic systems from outside access “as an early precautionary measure that was taken following a sudden disruption that affected some of the sectors of its electronic network”.“The disruption was suspected to be the result of a virus that had infected personal workstations without affecting the primary components of the network,” Saudi Aramco said over Facebook.It claimed the interruption...
  • Has anyone heard of communications interruptions in mid east today?

    08/24/2012 12:54:05 PM PDT · by GOP_Thug_Mom · 13 replies
    My husband just called to ask me what was going on in Saudi Arabia. I started giving him recent history (he hates politics, but doesn't want to look stupid at work ;-). He stopped me and said one of his associates told him he could not get in touch with a business associate working in Saudi Arabia because someone had supposedly hacked into communications over there. But I can find nothing on the net. Has anyone heard anything? Seems like this would be news if it were true.