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'''{{Wplink|Shell plc}}''' is a British oil and gas company that was Founded in 1907 through a merge deal between Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company. It is the second-largest investor-owned gas company behind {{Wplink|ExxonMobil}}, with a revenue of $289 Billion in 2025.{{Citation needed}} | '''{{Wplink|Shell plc}}''' is a British oil and gas company that was Founded in 1907 through a merge deal between Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company. It is the second-largest investor-owned gas company behind {{Wplink|ExxonMobil}}, with a revenue of $289 Billion in 2025.{{Citation needed}} The company delves into various partnerships and relationships, including the [[wikipedia:Carbon_capture_and_storage#Norway|Northern Lights CCS project]] and the [[wikipedia:Movement_for_the_Survival_of_the_Ogoni_People|Nigerian government.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2017 |title=Nigeria: A criminal enterprise? Shell’s involvement in human rights violations in Nigeria in the 1990s |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR44/7393/2017/en/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260302062044/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR44/7393/2017/en/ |archive-date=2 March 2026 |access-date=1 March 2026 |website=Amnesty International}}</ref> | ||
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On May 2024, Shell suffered an security breach affecting over 80,000 customers in Australia, United Kingdom, France, India, Singapore, Philippines, Netherlands, Malaysia, and Canada. A month later on June, a hacker group going by the name 888 publicly disclosed the breach on BreachForums, sharing customers codes, names, email addresses, home address, phone numbers, login credentials, and loyalty points balances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Langley |first=Mitchell |date=2024-05-30 |title=Oil Giant Shell Data Breached, Data of Thousands Leaked on BreachForums |url=https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/shell-data-breach/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Security Daily Review}}</ref> | On May 2024, Shell suffered an security breach affecting over 80,000 customers in Australia, United Kingdom, France, India, Singapore, Philippines, Netherlands, Malaysia, and Canada. A month later on June, a hacker group going by the name 888 publicly disclosed the breach on BreachForums, sharing customers codes, names, email addresses, home address, phone numbers, login credentials, and loyalty points balances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Langley |first=Mitchell |date=2024-05-30 |title=Oil Giant Shell Data Breached, Data of Thousands Leaked on BreachForums |url=https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/shell-data-breach/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Security Daily Review}}</ref> | ||
Shell responded to the situation claiming it was the result of their third party vendors. A shell Spokesman responded to the situation;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Okunytė |first=Paulina |date=2024-05-29 |title=Shell’s customer data claimed to be leaked |url=https://cybernews.com/news/shells-customer-data-leak/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Cybernews}}</ref><blockquote>Shell is not the owner nor controller of the acquired data, and so we are not able to comment further on this incident. We take cybersecurity very seriously, and we will continue to monitor our IT systems and maintain our security posture | Shell responded to the situation claiming it was the result of their third party vendors. A shell Spokesman responded to the situation;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Okunytė |first=Paulina |date=2024-05-29 |title=Shell’s customer data claimed to be leaked |url=https://cybernews.com/news/shells-customer-data-leak/ |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Cybernews}}</ref><blockquote>''"Shell is not the owner nor controller of the acquired data, and so we are not able to comment further on this incident. We take cybersecurity very seriously, and we will continue to monitor our IT systems and maintain our security posture"''</blockquote> | ||
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