{"id":210504,"date":"2026-02-05T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:05:14","slug":"romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian oil pipeline operator Conpet discloses cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack-qilin-ransomware\/\">Romanian oil pipeline operator Conpet discloses cyberattack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack-qilin-ransomware\/\">https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/romanian-oil-pipeline-operator-conpet-discloses-cyberattack-qilin-ransomware\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-05 10:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.bleepingcomputer.com\">www.bleepingcomputer.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Conpet, Romania&#8217;s national oil pipeline operator, has disclosed that a cyberattack disrupted its business systems and took down the company&#8217;s website on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Conpet operates nearly 4,000 kilometers of pipeline network, supplying domestic and imported crude oil and derivatives, including gasoline and liquid ethane, to refineries nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday press release, the company said the incident affected its corporate IT infrastructure but didn&#8217;t disrupt its operations or its ability to fulfill its contractual obligations.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleepstatic.com\/c\/w\/MCP-Best-Practices-970x250.png\" alt=\"Wiz\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Conpet added that the cyberattack also took down its website and that it&#8217;s now investigating the incident and restoring affected systems with the help of national cybersecurity authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline operator has also notified the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) and filed a criminal complaint regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We note that the operational technologies (SCADA System and Telecommunications System) were not affected, so the company&#8217;s core business, consisting of the transport of crude oil and gasoline through the National Oil Transport System, is operating normally and there are no disruptions in its operation,&#8221; it said. &#8220;As a result of this incident, the company&#8217;s website www.conpet.ro cannot be accessed during this period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the company has yet to disclose the nature of the cyberattack, the Qilin ransomware gang has claimed responsibility and added Conpet to their dark web leak site earlier today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Conpet on Qilin's leak site\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleepstatic.com\/images\/news\/u\/1109292\/2026\/Conpet-Qilin-leak-site.jpg\" width=\"605\"\/>Conpet on Qilin&#8217;s leak site (BleepingComputer)<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe threat actors also claim they&#8217;ve stolen nearly 1TB of documents from Conpet&#8217;s compromised systems and leaked over a dozen photos of internal documents containing financial information and passport scans as proof of the breach.<\/p>\n<p>Qilin emerged in August 2022 as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation under the &#8220;Agenda&#8221; name. 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