Oil terminals in Kharg Island, Iran hit by malware attack

Summary:

In April 2012, oil terminals in Kharg Island, Iran got hit by malware attack. During this attack a Wiper malware entered in the internal Computer System causing equipment oil terminals disconnecting. The attack had affected several oil facilities and had damaged hard drive data. The websites of the Iranian oil ministry and national oil company had been knocked offline. Data about users of the sites had been stolen as a result of the attack. This attack was soft war by the West. The aim was to increase pressure so that Iran will compromise in the upcoming nuclear talks. Iran has mobilised a "cyber crisis committee" to handle the aftermath of the attack and bolster defences. The ministry appears to have been the initial target of the virus, which the Iranian authorities say they first noticed in March but apparently were unable to dismantle.

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