Hackers reportedly infiltrated computers belonging to current and former employees at nearly two dozen major natural gas suppliers, including U.S.-based Chevron and Cheniere Energy, in the two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.
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In those two weeks, hackers gained access to more than 100 computers belonging to current and former employees of those companies, Bloomberg reported. Traffic passes a downtown Los Angeles gas station where a gallon of gas costs over $6 on Dec. 10, 2021. The operation was the "first stage" in an effort to destabilize the energy industry, Resecurity CEO Gene Yoo, whose company discovered the attack, told Bloomberg.Yoo said he believed the hackers are state-sponsored, "but he declined to speculate further," Bloomberg reported.
"It’s not clear whether the attacks are directly related to the invasion of Ukraine, but Resecurity said the hacks began about two weeks before the invasion, after U.S. officialsRetired Gen. Keith Alexander, CEO of cybersecurity firm IronNet and former director of the National Security Agency,Markets
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