Iranian Oil Terminal offline after malware attack
- Event Year
- 2012
- Reliability
- Confirmed
- Country
- Iran
- Industry
- Petroleum
Description
Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack. The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal computer systems at Iran’s oil ministry and its national oil company.
Equipment on the Kharg island and at other Iranian oil plants has been disconnected from the net as a precaution.
Impact
Equipment on the Kharg island and at other Iranian oil plants has been disconnected from the net as a precaution after suffering a malware attack.