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US oil giant Halliburton has confirmed that issues affecting certain company systems last week were the result of a cyber attack.
In a release with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said it discovered unauthorised access to its systems by a third party last week.
“On August 21, 2024, Halliburton Company became aware that an unauthorised third party gained access to certain of its systems,” the company said.
“When the company learned of the issue, the company activated its cyber security response plan and launched an investigation internally with the support of external advisors to assess and remediate the unauthorised activity.
“The company’s response efforts included proactively taking certain systems offline to help protect them and notifying law enforcement. The company’s ongoing investigation and response include restoration of its systems and assessment of materiality.”
Halliburton has not yet revealed the nature of the incident and what, if any, data has been accessed, stolen or encrypted by threat actors.
Additionally, Cyber Daily has still not identified a potential threat actor or observed any groups claiming responsibility for the incident.
News of Halliburton’s cyber attack first appeared last week when the company revealed it had detected an issue “affecting certain company systems.”
While the company initially provided no comment on the incident, an anonymous source familiar with the matter speaking with Reuters said that the attack impacted some global connectivity networks as well as the operations of Halliburton’s North Belt campus in Houston.
Additionally, the source said the company advised its staff not to connect to its internal networks.
Halliburton is the world’s second-largest oilfield servicing company, with two headquarters in Texas and Dubai, as well as a foothold in 70 countries worldwide.
The oil giant has a controversial history in the US, being behind most of the world’s largest fracking operations.
Additionally, the company had close links to former US vice president Dick Cheney, through whom it was granted a US$7 billion contract that no other company was authorised to bid on during the Iraq war, according to CyberNews.
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