Russian state-run Rosneft oil company under ‘major’ cyberattack – statement

RT.com
27 Jun, 2017

Russian oil giant Rosneft has said its servers came under a massive hacking attack, according to a statement on Twitter. The company has asked Russia’s security services to look into the issue.

“We hope that it isn’t connected to the current legal proceedings in any way,” the company’s statement said.

Rosneft hasn’t stopped oil extraction despite the attack, having switched to a reserve operating system instead, according to the company.

Rosneft and Bashneft’s websites were down as of 12:30 GMT.

The latest announcement comes after a court froze some assets belonging to Russian businessman Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s Sistema corporation as the result of a lawsuit filed in May by Rosneft and its subsidiary Bashneft, as well as Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan.

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