Telvent, which provides services that facilitate remote control and monitoring of large sections of the energy industry, may have recently fallen prey to Chinese hackers. While notifications about the Sept. 10 systems intrusion were distributed by Telvent Canada, Ltd., the cyber attack was “sophisticated” and targeted operations in the U.S. and Spain as well as Canada.
Security experts believe the culprits are a group of Chinese hackers who have attacked Western companies in the past.
Krebs on Security explains more about the hack:
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