Saudi Arabia Aramco’s weakness against military and cyber attacks.
An American website highlighted the weakness and inability of Aramco Oil Company against cyber and military attacks.
The cyber-attacks carried out by international hackers, during which they managed to steal millions and obtain information from Aramco, show the weakness and inability of this oil company to protect its facilities.
The US website Oil Price reported that the hacking of data from Saudi oil company Aramco and the theft of sensitive information showed its weakness, and violations of recent Aramco data show that the company not only through airstrikes and missiles, but also through attacks. Cyber is also at risk.
Last week, some media outlets revealed that hackers had stolen a terabyte of information from Saudi Aramco in a cyber attack and sold it on the Internet.
The group of hackers, known as Zerox, have sold information they claim to hacked Aramco’s network and servers last year on the Internet.
The information is sold for $ 5 million and includes documents related to Aramco refineries, personal information of about 14,000 employees, system project features and internal analysis, as well as security information including the company’s IP address. be.
Saudi Aramco has been a victim of cybercrime many times in the past. The most significant cyber attack on the company in 2012 was carried out by “Simon” malware, which wiped out all the company’s computers.
Trend Micro, one of the world’s largest providers of security and anti-virus software products, has previously expressed concern about Saudi Arabia’s weakness and inefficiency in dealing with cybercrime.
Aramco is valued at about $ 1.8 trillion and is one of the world’s largest financial superpowers.
In response to the Saudi coalition attacks, the Yemeni army and popular committees repeatedly targeted the Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones.
For Saudi Arabia, Aramco is the largest source of national income and the backbone of the country’s economy. According to Russian experts, targeting the company’s facilities means limiting Riyadh’s capabilities to supply its operations in Riyadh and buying international positions in order not to put pressure on the Saudis to immediately withdraw from the Yemeni war.
