BEIJING (Reuters CAIRO) - The Chinese crackers ruffled computer networks owned by five global oil companies and managed to steal information belonging to oil companies and gas from these Western countries.
According to the Associated Press news agency the report was submitted by one of the leading manufacturers of anti-virus, McAfee Inc.. He did not mention any company that successfully sabotaged the Chinese Cracker. Oil and gas companies were mentioned only in the United States (U.S.), Taiwan, Greece, and Kazakhstan.
"Starting in November 2009, cyber attacks and hidden by a specific target has been conducted on oil companies, global energy and petrochemicals," he called McAfee, as reported by AFP on Friday (02/11/2011).
In addition to the company, the crackers are also targeting its executives in Taiwan, Greece and the U.S.. The goal is to get important and confidential information about oil production and financial documents are very valuable if it falls into the hands of competitors. There are 5 oil companies were attacked, but their names are not mentioned.
