According to the CNN on Dec. 1st, hackers destroyed computers at six important Saudi organizations two weeks ago, marking a reappearance of the most damaging cyberweapon the world has ever seen.
Last time, it was used to destroy 35,000 computers at the oil company Saudi Aramco. U.S. intelligence quietly blamed Iran for that attack.
This time around, the cyberweapon has attacked at least one Saudi government agency, as well as organizations in the energy, manufacturing and transportation sectors, according to two researchers with direct knowledge of the investigations into the attack.
Security researchers are now headed to Saudi Arabia to investigate how hackers wiped clean computers en masse, according to several experts involved.
“The attacks aimed at disabling all equipment and services that were being provided. The attackers were stealing data from the system and were planting viruses,” the Saudi news agency SPA said.
The attack occurred at a time where the employees are not around to stop the destruction.
One of the world’s top export in Iranian regime hacking says it is possible Tehran is behind the attack
Cyberattacks this destructive are rare.