Saipem says Shamoon variant crippled hundreds of computers

MILAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hack on Italian oil services firm Saipemthat crippled more than 300 of the company's computers used a variant of the notorious Shamoon virus, Saipem said, a development that links the case to a massive attack in 2012 on Saudi Aramco."The cyber attack hit servers based in the Middle East, India, Aberdeen and in a limited way Italy through a variant of Shamoon malware," the company said in a statement on Wednesday.The Shamoon virus was used in some of the most damaging