An August attack on the Saudi Arabian national oil company, Aramco, was reportedly launched in order to hinder oil production at the world s most valuable company. The attack damaged some 30,000 company workstations but failed to achieve it primary goal. A little known hacker group calling itself the Cutting Sword of Justice took credit for the attack on Pastebin. They claimed that the attack was in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s support of atrocities in various countries around the world .
Source: https://threatpost.com/aramco-hack-aimed-curbing-oil-production-121012/77296/