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Image: Taber Andrew Bain via Flickr The Canadian oil giant Suncor has confirmed that a cyberattack was the cause of widespread outages that ground services to a halt throughout the weekend. The issues began on Friday, when customers reported problems logging into the app and website for Petro-Canada, a gas station chain owned by Suncor. Employees told CTV News on Saturday that they could only accept cash at a number of gas stations. Problems were reported across Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto and in several other major cities in Canada. Petro-Canada eventually took to Twitter on Saturday night to acknowledge the outages and confirm that they were being addressed. The company did not respond to requests for comment but released a statement on Sunday night attributing the outages to a cyberattack. “Suncor has experienced a cyber security incident. The company is taking measures and working with third-party experts to investigate and resolve the situation, and has notified appropriate authorities,” the company said . “At this time, we are not aware of any evidence that customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised or misused as a result of this situation. While we work to resolve the incident, some transactions with customers […]
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