back to article Halliburton probes 'an issue' disrupting business ops

American oil giant Halliburton is investigating an "issue," reportedly a cyberattack, that has disrupted some business operations and global networks. While the energy giant declined to call it a cyberattack, a Halliburton spokesperson told The Register that it was working to address the problem. "We are aware of an issue …

  1. Jadith

    Well, this is different,

    I think this is the first time I have read about a cyberattack and left feeling disappointed the attackers didn't wreck more.

    1. The man with a spanner

      Diligently

      Why do PR people always claim to work diligently, thay has not always been my experiance.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Good old Haribo Engineering

    Probably just been eating too many of their sugar-free products.

    1. sgp

      Re: Good old Haribo Engineering

      Huh?

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Good old Haribo Engineering

        > Huh?

        1) after a certain incident when Halliburton Engineering did the physical work, which promptly failed (had all the solidity of a gummy bear) and they then convinced the world that it was all the fault of the people who had been foolish enough to hire them (showing all the backbone of a gummy bear), they became, in some quarters, referred to as "Haribo Engineering".

        2) if you eat sugar-free Haribo gummy bears, you will experience disruptions in your normal operations.

  3. A nosy macro wound

    Robocalls

    Surely it's quicker, cheaper and more effective to disconnect/disable/switch off the access gateways/servers so that people simply *cannot* connect than it is to robocall and ask them not to? Weird.

    1. Al fazed
      Facepalm

      Re: Robocalls

      The robocalls is the attack......?

      ALF

  4. sitta_europea Silver badge

    "... a certain incident when Halliburton Engineering did the physical work, which promptly failed ..."

    Please can you give a reference?

    1. PRR Silver badge

      >> "... a certain incident when Halliburton Engineering did the physical work, which promptly failed ..." > Please can you give a reference?

      May be Deepwater Horizon. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Chapter 4, 2MB PDF file with TMI. "Better management by BP, Halliburton, and Transocean would almost certainly have prevented the blowout..."

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