Colombia's Ecopetrol says cyberattack stole data tied to 3,300 accounts

July 17 : Colombian state-controlled energy company Ecopetrol said on Friday a cyberattack resulted in the theft of data tied to about 3,300 user accounts and that it could not "guarantee" the breach would not have a "material adverse" financial impact.The company, however, said it had not identified any critical disruption to its operations, production capacity or any direct financial impact as of Friday, and that no stolen data had yet been disclosed by the hacker.Ecopetrol is one of Latin America's largest energy producers and Colombia's largest company, accounting for more than 60 per cent of the country's hydrocarbon production.Ecopetrol said the hacker had not been identified but had communicated extortion demands to the company and threatened to publicly disclose the hacked informat