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

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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.

Rosneft switched to a reserve system of the industrial process control system without suspending oil production.

“The hacker attack could have resulted in grave consequences, however, thanks to switching to a reserve system neither production nor preparation of oil has been stopped,” the company said on its Twitter page.

Rosneft and Bashenft Web sites were unavailable as of 4 p.m. Moscow time.

(59.0014 rubles – U.S. $1)

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