Rosneft Deutschland

History

2022

German asset confiscation complaint

The Russian oil company Rosneft PJSC "" in October 2022 filed a lawsuit against the actions that German governments took control of its assets in the country in September.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition justified the move by saying it was necessary to protect energy supplies and secure a future refinery in Schwedt.

Rosneft argues that the requirements for an enforcement order set out in Germany's Energy Security Act have not been met, and that it has fully complied with its supply obligations. She also argues that the new rules introduced in the summer are unconstitutional.

Nationalization of the company by the German government

In September 2022, it became known that the German Government transfers oil importers Rosneft Deutschland and RN Refining & Marketing under the control of the German regulator, the Ministry of Economy said.

Cyberattacks that shut down some IT systems

In mid-March 2022, the German division of Rosneft was subjected. to cyber attack This was stated by the federal agency for (information security Germany BSI). Rosneft Deutschland reportedly shut down some IT systems, but its oil pipelines and refineries continued to operate as normal, with the hacker group claiming responsibility for the attack. Anonymous According to BSI, Rosneft Deutschland itself reported a cyber attack.

According to the German department, the attack itself took place early in the morning on March 12, 2022. Anonymous said hackers stole 20 TB of commercial data. The German Federal Information Security Agency has launched an investigation into the attack. The motive for the attack for the Anonymous hacker group on the German division of Rosneft Deutschland was the Russian special operation in Ukraine.

Anonymous hackers attacked Rosneft's German daughter. Part of IT systems stopped

On the official channel on the Anonymous social network, information was posted that the attack is part of# OpRussia, a concerted effort by hackers against Russian interests.

Rosneft accounts for about a quarter of all crude oil imports to Germany. The company owns part of the shares of three German refineries as of early 2022. The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin earlier in 2022 fell under the sanctions of the United States and the European Union.

The chief executive officer and founder of the combined security and risk analysis company Gurucul Solutions, Saryu Nayyar, told SiliconANGLE that the attack shows that globally, both groups of threatening actors and nation-states are potential disrupters of critical infrastructure or any private sector company. Nayyar warned that all organizations must remain vigilant and continue to invest in cybersecurity solutions that use advanced analytics and automatic detection and response to thwart threat actors, disrupt their businesses, steal sensitive data, or introduce ransomware virus systems into the business.^[1]

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