Italian oil giant company Eni disclosed a security breach, threat actors gained access to its network, but according to the company the intrusion had minor consequences because it was quickly detected.
The company reported the incident to the Italian authorities which launched an investigation to determine the extend of the attack.
Bloomberg News first reported the news of the attack on Wednesday, speculating that Eni appeared to have been hit by a ransomware attack.
Without technical details about the attack it is not possible at this time to determine how attackers breached the company, their motivation and attribute the intrusion to a specific threat actor.
People familiar with the situation said Eni appeared to be hit by a ransomware attack. It’s not clear who was responsible for the breach.
The Italian energy sector appears to be under attack, over the weekend, Italy’s energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA was hit by a cyber attack. GSE is the government agency that operates the Italian electricity market.
The website of the GSE is still down, and people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the company infrastructure was compromised with an impact on the agency’s operations.
