Saudi Aramco Reveals Cyber Attack Hit 30,000 Workstations

An anonymous reader writes "Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, has resumed operating its main internal computer networks after a virus infected about 30,000 of its workstations in mid-August. The group, calling itself the 'Cutting Sword of Justice,' claimed to have hacked Aramco systems in several countries before sending a virus across 30,000 computers, achieving a 75 percent infection rate of all the company's systems. It refuted suggestions that a nation state was behind the attack."

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[ryzvonusef]

Nobody said Saudi was Norway :p

Infact the fact that Norway did NOT turn out just either the Gulf (uber rich crazy) or Nigeria (uber rich corrupt) is a miracle that can be laid at the hands of... an Iraqi.

I suggest everybody read this [1] FT article. Psst Canadians, (especially Albertans) you might want to pay special attention.

Don't worry though, the King will dole out yet another "bonus" just like last time, when the Arab spring was at it's height.

(For the curious, I *have* lived in Saudi, and man it's weird. Not the shithole you expect, nor the heaven you would believe, just... weird.)

[1]: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz24jiNjYKn