US EditionVenezuela's PDVSA Suffers Cyberattack, Tankers Make U-Turns Amid Tensions with US
PDVSA says the cyberattack targeted administrative systems without disrupting operations amid U.S. maritime seizure of tanker Skipper carrying sanctioned crude.
- On Dec 15, Petróleos de Venezuela SA reported a cyberattack targeting administrative systems but said operations continued unaffected.
- Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard seized a VLCC carrying 1.85 million barrels, and U.S. agencies including the FBI and HSI identified the Skipper as the seized tanker with President Donald Trump seeking legal control of its oil.
- Company sources said all systems were down with no cargo deliveries, and PDVSA failed to restart administrative systems Monday, forcing workers to keep written records and disconnect networks.
- More than 11 million barrels are stuck since last week as Benin-flagged tanker Boltaris with 300,000 barrels and at least four VLCCs made u-turns.
- Tensions are high between the U.S. and Venezuela amid a large-scale U.S. military buildup in the southern Caribbean, Venezuelan officials called the seizure a 'military assault, kidnapping and robbery,' and satellite and vessel monitoring services show vessels masking locations.
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The state company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) denounced that the company suffered “a cyber attack” in its operating brain, which sought to collapse its routine operation. The company has stated in a statement that it neutralized the operation. PDVSA described the attack as “deeznable” and held the United States responsible for being behind the maneuver. It added that “it is not the first time” that the country, “allied with extremist stateles…
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, has denounced a cyberattack against its facilities, which has labeled it “deeznable” and has targeted the United States as possible responsible for these actions, aimed at “stopping the company’s operations”. “Thanks to the expertise of PDVSA’s human talent, the operational areas did not suffer any damage, being reduced to an attack on its administrative system,” the company said in a statement release…
Venezuela's PDVSA suffers cyberattack, tankers make u-turns amid tensions with US
Dec 15 : Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has been subject to a cyberattack, it said on Monday, adding its operations were unaffected, even though four sources said systems remained down and oil cargo deliveries were suspended. Tensions are high between the U.S. and Venezuelan governments, amid a la
By Sol Amaya and Michael Williams, CNN en Español. The Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) denounced a “cyberattack aimed at halting its operations” on Monday. “This attempted aggression is part of the United States government’s public strategy to seize Venezuelan oil through force and piracy,” the statement said. PDVSA, the most critical company for the Venezuelan economy, “categorically rejects this despicable act, orch…
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