Thursday, December 3, 2020

"Russian, Chinese intelligence targeting Norwegian oil secrets: report"

From Reuters:

Russia, China and other countries are using espionage to glean secrets of Norway’s petroleum industry and plans by its government to cut or increase production, the Norwegian counterintelligence service PST said.

In a report dated Nov. 5 but published on Thursday, the service warned of possible attempts to recruit sources or hack computers, as in a major cyber attack six years ago, and said renewable energy could become a focus for foreign spies.

“PST expects that the use of economic tools and network operations will increase in the next 18 months,” it said....

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