Contract Drilling Operator, Kanai Drilling, Data Encrypted
Bakersfield, California-based contract drilling operator, Kanai Drilling Limited, suffered a cyberattack where data ended up encrypted and attackers stole personally identifiable information.
“On or about May 19, 2025, Kenai Drilling Limited became aware of a cyber security breach of confidential information which occurred between May 17-May 18, 2025,” said a letter sent out to victims of the attack.
In the letter, the privately held drilling contractor said unauthorized “parties” hacked into Kenai’s Document File Server and gained access to sensitive and confidential information without the knowledge or consent of Kenai.
“The culprits accessed and encrypted files that included employee names, social security numbers, wage information, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers set up by Kenai for each employee. This breach did not expose the employee’s personnel files kept internally at Kenai,” the notice said.