Cyberattack Targets Energy Industry Pipeline Data

Government Technology: The Dallas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners notified oil and gas shippers on Monday that the data system for its extensive pipeline network was hacked by still unknown cybercriminals.

The attack Energy Transfer described in a shipping notice on Monday didn't affect its pipeline systems, the company told Bloomberg. The attack was limited to the electronic data interchange system that facilitates transactions over oil and gas moving through its pipelines and was directed at the contractor that manages the system, Latitude Technology, according to the company.

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