08/25/2024

Oil services provider Halliburton says a cyberattack made it shut down computer systems this week

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On Aug. 21, Halliburton, which is a global oil services company with operations in Anchorage for Alaska’s North Slope, was the victim of a cyber attack on its computer systems. The company filed a notification with the Securities and Exchange Commission about the incident, which forced it to take its system offline for an undisclosed period of time.

“When the Company learned of the issue, the Company activated its cybersecurity response plan and launched an investigation internally with the support of external advisors to assess and remediate the unauthorized activity. The Company’s response efforts included proactively taking certain systems offline to help protect them and notifying law enforcement. The Company’s ongoing investigation and response include restoration of its systems and assessment of materiality,” the company reported.

Although some tech writers said it was a ransomware attack, Halliburton did not reveal if this was that or a virus, nor did it say if it knows the identity of the hacker(s). The Federal Bureau of Investigations has recently warned that Iran is planning cyberattacks to disrupt the 2024 elections.