“Middle Eastern oil and gas companies have been targeted in massive attacks on their computer networks in an increasingly open cyber war where a new virus was discovered just this past week.  US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta also referred publicly for the first time about the ‘Shamoon’ virus that hit Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco in August, disabling more than 300,000 computers. The virus also hit Rasgas, a joint venture between US oil firm Exxon Mobil Corp and state-controlled Qatar Petroleum.  Panetta warned of the possibility of a ‘cyber-Pearl Harbor’ to justify a policy of moving aggressively against threats.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/21/middle-east-oil-companies-targeted-in-cyber-war/

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