Finger of blame pointed at Russia for malware infection at Saudi petrochemical complex

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FireEye claims Russian government lab was behind custom-built intrusion tools used to compromise major Saudi plant

Security firm FireEye has pointed the finger of blame at Russia over the 2017 compromise of a Saudi Arabian petrochemical complex. The attack in August 2017, which was outed in March this year, ...

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