Hackers try to terrorize energy companies

Fuel Fix:

A network of hackers called AnonGhost says it has launched a barrage of cyberattacks on international energy companies Friday, in a political strike against the widespread use of U.S. currency in oil trades, especially in Middle Eastern states.

It’s an attack against what the group calls the foreign control of petroleum export sales from countries like Saudi Arabia. AnonGhost opposes the use of paper currency in oil transactions, saying the practice favors “greedy” western interests, according to its Youtube videos.

On a website, the group claimed it had executed an attack on French oil company Total early Friday. Total did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The “hactivist” group, which announced its plans for the “OpPetrol” strike in a tweet earlier this month, likely will target malware attacks at employees of oil companies in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany, China and elsewhere, potentially putting key pieces of infrastructure such as pipelines that move oil around those countries at risk, said Julian Waits, CEO of ThreatTrack Security, in an interview with FuelFix on Friday.
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While the companies need to take defensive measures to deal with this threat, the FBI needs to go after the hackers who are a threat to our national security.  They need to be found and prosecuted.