BRIT OIL THREAT Cyber security threat to Britain’s oil and gas sites as attack could cause ‘unprecedented damage’

BRIT OIL THREAT Cyber security threat to Britain’s oil and gas sites as attack could cause ‘unprecedented damage’

The oil and gas industry needs to wake up to the cyber threat posed by hostile states, the former Deputy Director of GCHQ has warned.

Brian Lord OBE says a successful attack on its infrastructure could cause “unprecedented damage” and “unrest across the world”.

With a complex ecosystem of computation, networking, and physical operational processes spread around the world the industry has a large attack surface with many attack vectors.

By Jack Peat

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