Iran attacks Bahrain’s Bapco Petroleum Company

Iran attacks Bahrain’s Bapco Petroleum Company

The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) was recentlyattacked by suspected Iranian state-sponsored hackers who planted malware inthe company's network designed to delete data from infected computers, accordinto a report seen by local media.

According to a report from Bahrain's Gulf Daily News on Friday,the attack on the company's data took place last week via suspected Iranianhackers the data-wiping malware called "Dustman."

A technical report seen by business technology news websiteZDNet said the attack did not last long, and that the hackers may have targeteda limited number of computers at Bapco.

"Bapco's operations and supplies to the local and internationalmarket did not face any interruption, and business continued as usual withoutany impact," the spokesman," told Bahraini daily Akhbar al-Khaleej.

According to AFP, Iranian hackers working to penetrate systems,businesses, and governments around the world have caused hundreds of millionsof dollars in damages.

Last summer, hackers believed to be working for the Iraniangovernment targeted US government agencies, as well as sectors of the economy,including oil and gas, sending waves of spear-phishing emails, representativesof cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and FireEye, which regularly track suchactivity, told the Associated Press.

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