Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bapco
Affected country: Bahrain
Industry: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) (APT 34 OilRig)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Description: Multiple sources reveal that Iranian state-sponsored hackers have deployed Dustman, a new strain of data-wiping malware on the network of Bapco, Bahrain's national oil company. The attack occurred on December 29, 2019.