Shell warns hacks on oil and gas could kill

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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/284263,shell-warns-hacks-on-oil-and-gas-could-kill.aspx

By Stewart Mitchell
iTnews.com.au
Dec 13, 2011

IT Manager warns of potential for "huge damage" amid mounting attacks.

An oil industry expert has warned colleagues they risk life-threatening 
damage from hackers interested in disrupting their systems.

According to Ludolf Luehmann, an IT manager for Shell, oil industry 
players face increased attacks from hackers looking to do physical 
damage to equipment.

Citing the Stuxnet worm believed to have disrupted Iran's nuclear 
programme, Luehmann said hackers gaining control of physical elements of 
oil industry hardware could be catastrophic.

"It will cost lives and it will cost production, environmental damage - 
huge, huge damage."

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