PDVSA blames attack to Trump’s sustained aggression strategy.

Through a statement published on Monday, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), said it was the victim of a cyberattack aimed at paralyzing its operations.

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Company officials attributed the attack to a strategy of sustained aggression by U.S. President Donald Trump, whom they accuse of seeking to seize Venezuelan oil through the use of force and acts of piracy in the Caribbean Sea. The full statement follows:

“PDVSA informs the Venezuelan people and the international community that the company was the target of a cyberattack aimed at halting its operations. Thanks to the expertise of PDVSA’s human talent, operational areas were not affected, as the incident was limited to an attack on its administrative system.

As a result, the industry’s operational continuity has been maintained through the implementation of secure protocols that allow for regular activities in supplying products to the domestic market, as well as fulfilling all export commitments.

This attempted act of aggression adds to the public strategy of the U.S. government to seize Venezuelan oil through force and piracy. The working class of the hydrocarbons industry has faced attacks of this nature in the past. It was precisely their commitment, expertise and loyalty that made it possible to detect and neutralize this new attack.

PDVSA categorically rejects this despicable action, orchestrated by foreign interests in complicity with unpatriotic actors seeking to undermine the country’s right to sovereign energy development. It should be recalled that this is not the first time the U.S. government, allied with extremist sectors, has attempted to affect national stability and steal Christmas from the Venezuelan people.

Nothing and no one will stop the victorious march of PDVSA and its working class in the service of all Venezuelan men and women.”

#FromTheSouth News Bits | Venezuela: The Government filed a complaint with the highest maritime authorities in the world, accusing the United States of permanency in the Caribbean Sea. pic.twitter.com/qN9tFltjGv

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Source: PDVSA

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