Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Russian hackers tried to bring down Ukraine's power grid to help the invasion

No war is ever the same!

"Targeted attack: Russian hackers targeted the Ukrainian power grid and attempted to cause a blackout that would have hit 2 million people, according to Ukrainian government officials and the Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET. The hackers tried to destroy computers at a Ukrainian energy company using malware specifically designed to demolish systems by erasing data and rendering them useless.

Russian support: The impact remains unclear. Ukrainian officials say they thwarted the attack, which they claim was intended to support Russian military operations in eastern Ukraine. If successful, the hack would have caused the biggest cyber-induced blackout ever.

Successful infiltration: According to a Ukrainian government document that was shared with international partners in recent weeks, Russian hackers did recently break into a Ukrainian power company and temporarily shut down nine electric substations. ..."

Russian hackers tried to bring down Ukraine's power grid to help the invasion | MIT Technology Review As Russia’s ground war stalls, hackers attempted to cause a blackout for two million people.

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