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PCs with Shtokman-info stolen
2009-10-02

Four computers with sensitive information about the Shtokman project were stolen from a consulting company in Oslo in August.

A thief broke into the offices of Multiconsult in Oslo. The Norwegian consulting company is currently working for StatoilHydro with prospects for the building site and harbour facility and piers.

StatoilHydro is partner together with Gazprom and Total in the Shtokman Development Company.

At the web-site of the Norwegian weekly Teknisk Ukeblad you can see the recorded film of the thief from Multiconsult’s surveillance cameras.

The thief was very professional and past hundreds of other computers before he took the four computers with Shtokman information located in the first floor of the office-building.

Multiconsult has informed the Norwegian Police security Service, in charge of preventing and investigates espionage.

The thief arrived on a scooter, broke through the door, went upstairs and disappears again in less than three minutes.

Managing Director Håkon Sannum in Multinconsult says to Teknisk Ukeblad that it is unlikely that this is industrial espionage, but he can’t exclude it.

Multiconsult has 70 engineers currently working with the Shtokman project.