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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 73.02 | -0.64 | -0.87% | ||
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Bonny Light • 31 days | 78.62 | -2.30 | -2.84% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 73.65 | +0.08 | +0.11% | ||
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Mars US • 321 days | 75.54 | -1.36 | -1.77% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.044 | -0.016 | -0.78% |
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Bonny Light • 31 days | 78.62 | -2.30 | -2.84% | ||
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Girassol • 31 days | 79.56 | -1.80 | -2.21% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 73.65 | +0.08 | +0.11% |
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Peace Sour • 3 hours | 68.16 | +1.28 | +1.91% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 3 hours | 67.41 | +1.28 | +1.94% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 3 hours | 72.16 | +1.28 | +1.81% | ||
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Central Alberta • 3 hours | 69.16 | +1.28 | +1.89% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 67.39 | -0.28 | -0.41% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 67.50 | -0.25 | -0.37% | ||
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Kansas Common • 3 days | 58.02 | +1.10 | +1.93% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 77.67 | +1.10 | +1.44% |
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Shamoon Virus that Attacked Saudi Aramco is the Most Dangerous to Date
In an attempt to attract investment and support for his plan to upgrade and improve the cyber defences of the US, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta addressed business leaders in New York, counting them a tale about the latest cyber-attack on Saudi Aramco.
He described the infiltration of Shamoon virus, past Saudi Aramco’s high tech security systems and firewalls, and into its computers.
Panetta claimed that the virus was the most sophisticated attack ever seen in the business sector, and that on the same day it also struck Rasgas, Qatar’s natural gas firm.
Related Article: The Devastating Effects of a Cyber-Attack Against a Country's Energy Grid
He explained that the virus contains a program which is called a ‘wiper’, which is coded to automatically replace crucial system files with images of a burning US flag, and overwrite all real data and files with nonsense data.
“More than 30,000 computers that it infected (at ARAMCO) were rendered useless, and had to be replaced,” he told the startled executives, “imagine the impact an attack like this would have on your company.”
A strong case, but will the business leaders take note?
By. Charles Kennedy of Oilprice.com
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Its about time the West esp. the US and Israel got of their high horses of 'exceptionality' and realised that Asia (Russia, China and Iran) are just as capable of developing cyber nasties as the West is. The playing field is levelling. The West should take note and adjust its attitude accordingly.
Whats sad is imagine going around your town and starting fires to get more money for the Fire Dept well thats our Government in action.