Halliburton data stolen in oil-sector cyberattack

Halliburton has confirmed that data was stolen in the Aug. 21 cyberattack on its networks.

The energy services company — which has a global presence in oil fields and runs some of the world’s largest fracking operations — said in an 8K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today that “the company believes the unauthorized third party accessed and exfiltrated information from the company’s systems.”

Halliburton had previously disclosed that the attack (unattributed, for now) caused it to take some systems offline. The cyber offensive “limited access to “portions of the company’s business applications supporting aspects of the company’s operations and corporate functions,” according to the most recent filing.

For now, other details are under wraps, but the oil-and-gas behemoth said that the full effects of the incident are still unknown. It mentioned that it was restoring systems and “following process-based safety standards for ongoing operations,” presumably relating to physical operations in the field. It also said that it doesn’t expect the cyberattack to have a material effect on its finances.

The company did not immediately return a request for comment from Dark Reading.

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