Insiders suspected in Saudi cyberattack

INSIDE JOB: The Khurais oilfield, about 160km from Riyadh. State oil giant Saudi Aramco has been hit by hackers who may have had inside help. — Reuters

DUBAI: One or more insiders with high-level access are suspected of assisting the hackers who damaged some 30,000 computers at Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, sources familiar with the company’s investigation say.

The attack using a computer virus known as Shamoon against Saudi Aramco — the world’s biggest oil company — is one of the most destructive cyberstrikes conducted against a single business.