Shell investigates 'potential incident' after Clop data theft claims

Oil giant Shell has confirmed it is investigating a potential security incident after the Clop ransomware gang claimed it stole 89GB of data.

Shell is a British multinational energy conglomerate and one of the world's top three oil and gas companies, after Chevron and ExxonMobil. It has 85,000 employees in more than 70 countries and operates a massive network of tens of thousands of service and recharge stations that serve over 20 million customers daily.

According to a recent post on Clop's dark web data leak site, the allegedly stolen files include engineering drawings, scans of facility testing reports, photos of the facilities, and project plans.

"We are aware of a potential incident. We are working with our security teams and relevant experts to investigate," a Shell spokesperson told BleepingComputer when asked to confirm Clop's data theft claims.