The Internet of Things Is Making Oil Production Vulnerable to Hacking

The world’s oil and gas industry is caught in a slump, with oil prices going up and down and profits in decline. But the industry faces another major problem that's gotten less attention: cyber threats that could threaten the industry’s stability and even worker safety. Oil and gas is one of the industries “most plagued” by cyberattacks, according to Alexander Polyakov, founder of ERPscan, a security firm specializing in enterprise software security. “It’s a juicy target for cyberattacks as oil and gas companies are responsible for a great part of some countries’ economy,” he told Motherboard.