United States
USA
Halliburton cyberattack disrupts business applications, billing and collections
Halliburton detected unauthorized access to its systems on 21 August 2024. The incident forced systems offline and disrupted access to business applications supporting operations and corporate functions. Halliburton later disclosed that system outages affected invoicing and collections and that it incurred approximately USD 35 million in cyber-event-related expenses.
73
Estimated severity
73 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
21/08/2024
Targeted Company
HALLIBURTON
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
$35M
Impact types
Operational disruptionERP or business system disruption
Affected sectors
Energy & Utilities
Affected departments
Information TechnologyFinanceAccounting
Attack Profile
Attack types
RansomwareData exfiltrationUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
RANSOMHUB
Sources
Incident Sources
sec.govhttps://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501224000052/hal-20240830.htmir.halliburton.comhttps://ir.halliburton.com/static-files/730db75b-de96-4ff0-b99a-c02e5fb882e2bleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/halliburton-cyberattack-linked-to-ransomhub-ransomware-gang/reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/halliburton-confirms-cyber-attack-certain-systems-2024-08-23/