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Eugene

(61,865 posts) Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:40 AM Apr 2012

Iranian oil terminal 'offline' after 'malware attack'

Source: BBC

23 April 2012 Last updated at 13:22 GMT

Iranian oil terminal 'offline' after 'malware attack'

Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports.

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.

Oil production had not been affected by the attack, said the Mehr news agency.

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Iranian oil terminal 'offline' after 'malware attack' (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2012 OP

those porn sites are notorious... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2012 #1

They'll come back later and say Gman Apr 2012 #2

ProdigalJunkMail

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1. those porn sites are notorious... n/t

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:43 AM

Apr 2012

Gman

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2. They'll come back later and say

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:45 AM

Apr 2012

how tremendous the damage was to their system and how it's been under reported. Of course, this will make oil speculators drive the price of oil through the roof. They don't need much of an excuse.

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