FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA said it had been hit by a cyber attack but claimed operations were unaffected, even as multiple sources reported that key systems remained down and oil cargo deliveries were suspended. PDVSA and the oil ministry blamed the United States, describing the incident as an attack by “foreign interests” aimed at undermining Venezuela’s sovereign energy development, Reuters reports. However, a company source said the incident appeared to be a ransomware attack, and efforts to contain it disrupted PDVSA’s entire administrative system, forcing staff to rely on handwritten records. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation EU prepares 21st sanctions package against Russia var jnews_module_21360428_0_6a0392fc2de4f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21360428","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"903,131,197","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"