Oil Companies Spring a Leak, Courtesy of Anonymous

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/oil-companies-hacked/

By Kim Zetter
Threat Level
Wired.com
July 16, 2012

Five top multinational oil companies have been targeted by members of 
Anonymous, who published about 1,000 email addresses for accounts 
belonging to the firms, as well as hashed and unencrypted passwords.

The hacks, against Shell, Exxon, BP and two Russian firms -- Gazprom and 
Rosneft, were conducted as digital protests against drilling in the 
Arctic, a practice that critics say has contributed to the melting of 
the ice caps there.

“To drill in the Arctic, oil companies have to drag icebergs out the way 
of their rigs and use giant hoses to melt floating ice with warm water. 
If we let them do this, a catastrophic oil spill is just a matter of 
time,” Greenpeace notes on its Save the Arctic web site.

The hackers used some of the stolen credentials to add signatures to 
Greenpeace’s “Save the Arctic” petition.

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