Rosneft says under strong hacker attack, turns to govt for help

MOSCOW, Jun 27 (PRIME) -- Servers of Russian oil major Rosneft, now in a 170.6 billion ruble suit against multi-industry holding Sistema, have been hit by a strong hacker assault, and the company had asked the law enforcement entities for help, Rosneft said on Tuesday on its Twitter page.

“A strong hacker attack has targeted the company’s servers. We hope it has nothing to do with the ongoing court procedures. The company turned to law enforcement authorities because of the hacker attack,” Rosneft said.

(59.0014 rubles – U.S. $1)

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