Rosneft’s German unit reports cyber attack- media reports

BERLIN (Reuters) – The German subsidiary of the Russian vitality firm Rosneft has reported a hacker assault, die Welt newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the nation’s BSI cybersecurity watchdog.

The paper mentioned the BSI had supplied help to beat the issue, which occurred on Friday night time or early Saturday morning, and had issued a cybersecurity warning to different corporations within the vitality sector.

To date, there had been no impact on Rosneft’s enterprise or the provision state of affairs although the corporate’s techniques had been affected, the newspaper mentioned.

Die Welt cited safety sources as saying that the hacker group “Nameless” was suspected of being behind the assault which, it mentioned, was as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

No-one was instantly accessible on the BSI or at Rosneft Deutschland to remark.

Der Spiegel additionally reported on the cyber assault, including that the BKA federal felony police workplace was investigating. No-one on the BKA was instantly accessible to remark.

(Reporting by Madeline Chambers; Modifying by Andrew Heavens)