Iran's Oil Industry Hit By Cyber Attacks

wiredmikey writes "Iran disconnected computer systems at a number of its oil facilities in response to a cyber attack that hit multiple industry targets during the weekend. A source at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) reportedly told Reuters that a virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island oil terminal, which handles the majority of Iran's crude oil exports. In addition, computer systems at Iran's Oil Ministry and its national oil company were hit. There has been no word on the details of the malware found, but computer systems controlling several of Iran's oil facilities were disconnected from the Internet as a precaution. Oil Ministry spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad-Rahbar told Mehr News Agency on Monday that the attack had not caused significant damage and the worm had been detected before it could infect systems."

Comments

I bet the Jews did this

[Anonymous Coward]

I hate to point fingers, but if I were to point them, they'd be straight at Tel Aviv.

Cold war

[AmiMoJo]

Dear US/Isreal, are you trying to escalate this cold war into a hot one? I know you think you can crush Iran and just need an excuse, but trying to force the development of nuclear weapons is not the way to do it. Israel in particular gets a bit closer to being nuked every time you do this, and no-one wants to see that (apart from you guys apparently).