“Hackers who appear to be based in China have conducted a ‘coordinated, covert and targeted’ campaign of cyber espionage against major Western energy firms, according to a report expected to be issued Thursday by cybersecurity firm McAfee Inc.
Law-enforcement agencies said they are investigating the incidents, which McAfee said have been going on at least since late 2009 but may have started as early as 2007. The company said the attacks, which they dubbed ‘Night Dragon,’ were still occurring.
McAfee said the hackers targeted five multinational firms, but wouldn’t identify the companies by name because some of them are clients. McAfee said it was sharing the findings ‘to protect those not yet impacted and to repair those who have been.’ Asked if they were victims of the hacking, BP PLC and ExxonMobil Inc., among other large oil companies, declined to comment. Chevron Corp. said it wasn’t aware of any successful hacks into the company’s data systems by Night Dragon. “
Source: Oil Firms Hit by Hackers From China, Report Says – WSJ.com
