Shell has on a congress for the oil industry warned that cyber-attacks on its infrastructure large can cause damage and that there are human lives at stake. The company sees the number of attacks also increase.
The British-Dutch olieconcern has on the World Petroleum Conference in Doha let you know that companies like Shell have to deal with new malware that allows industrial systems to sabotage. This was a reference to Stuxnet, the malware that was targeted at Iranian nuclear installations to damage, writes the BBC.
Shell fears, among other things, the consequences if attackers manage to valves in oil and gas facilities to open or close. According to the company, there is in such a scenario, large chance that there are human lives to be lost. Also, there is according to Shell’s considerable chance of substantial damage, especially to the environment.
According to Shell, the number of cyber attacks on corporate networks. This would be run by criminals and by individuals who act out of commercial motives. Security researchers say that companies such as Shell, the security of their systems need to keep and these must constantly improve.