The Cyber Attack on Saudi Aramco

2013/04/03 by Christopher Bronk, Chris Bronk, Eneken Tikk-Ringas +1 · 6 citations
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies #Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies #Network Security and Intrusion Detection

paper · doi:10.1080/00396338.2013.784468

Abstract

On 15 August 2012, the computer network of Saudi Aramco was struck by a self-replicating virus that infected as many as 30,000 of its Windowsbased machines. Despite its vast resources as Saudi Arab...

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