Petrobras confirms an attempted cyberattack that slowed its website and the Agência Petrobras portal

Petrobras has confirmed that its external website and the Agência Petrobras portal were targeted by an attempted cyberattack on Wednesday, November 11, Convergência Digital reports. The Brazilian state company says the incident caused temporary slowness and intermittent access to the pages.

According to the company, the attempt was identified and the sites were stabilised. Petrobras explains that those pages are hosted in external environments with no connection to its internal systems and states that «there was no access or impact» on internal systems or operations.

Itanhaém Notícias, citing g1, reports that before the outage a person identifying as «Azael» emailed several media outlets announcing the attack and its time, and also claimed the incident that has left the Port Authority of Santos without its systems since November 6. There is no official confirmation of that person's identity or of their involvement in either case.

The Port Authority of Santos confirmed the cyberattack on its systems on November 10, with no halt to cargo operations, and its website partly came back online on Thursday 12, according to Santa Portal. No authority has officially linked the two incidents.

Developing story: Petrobras’ confirmation has been read through Brazilian media; the company’s own statement has yet to be opened.