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| Russian state-run Rosneft oil company under ‘major’ cyberattack – statement | Russian state-run Rosneft oil company under ‘major’ cyberattack – statement |
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| Russian oil giant Rosneft has said its servers came under a massive hacking attack, according to a statement on Twitter. The company has asked Russia’s security services to look into the issue. | Russian oil giant Rosneft has said its servers came under a massive hacking attack, according to a statement on Twitter. The company has asked Russia’s security services to look into the issue. |
| “We hope that it isn’t connected to the current legal proceedings in any way,” the company’s statement said. | “We hope that it isn’t connected to the current legal proceedings in any way,” the company’s statement said. |
| Rosneft hasn't stopped oil extraction despite the attack, having switched to a reserve operating system instead, according to the company. | |
| Rosneft and Bashneft's websites were down as of 12:30 GMT. | |
| The latest announcement comes after a court froze some assets belonging to Russian businessman Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s Sistema corporation as the result of a lawsuit filed in May by Rosneft and its subsidiary Bashneft, as well as Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. | The latest announcement comes after a court froze some assets belonging to Russian businessman Vladimir Yevtushenkov’s Sistema corporation as the result of a lawsuit filed in May by Rosneft and its subsidiary Bashneft, as well as Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. |
| READ MORE: Russian court freezes assets of Sistema conglomerate over Rosneft row | READ MORE: Russian court freezes assets of Sistema conglomerate over Rosneft row |
| According to the Russian plaintiffs, Sistema took some $3 billion of the oil company’s assets when it owned Bashneft from 2009 to 2014. | According to the Russian plaintiffs, Sistema took some $3 billion of the oil company’s assets when it owned Bashneft from 2009 to 2014. |