Halliburton investigates cyber attacks with law enforcement

Halliburton, a leading U.S. oilfield service firm, said Friday that it was working with the law enforcement agencies to determine the scope of a breach in its computer system. It had not yet determined if this incident would have an impact on the company's business.

In its first disclosure of the cyber breach, the $23 billion company said that it became aware of the attack on Wednesday. It added that its "ongoing investigations and responses included restoration of their systems and assessment materiality."

The company said that it has also taken certain systems off-line to protect them.

A spokesperson refused to comment on whether or not the company was contacted by those responsible for the breach.

The first report of the cyberattack on Wednesday was made by me.

A person with knowledge of the situation said that the attack seemed to have affected business operations on the company's campus in north Houston as well as global connectivity networks.

Source: The company also told some employees not to connect to the internal network.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Thursday that the Halliburton Cyber Incident had not affected any energy services. (Reporting from Seher Dareen, Bengaluru. Editing by Savio d'Souza and Shreya biswas)

(source: Reuters)