Hackers cause electricity 'blackout' in Ukraine
In a worrying sign of potential cyber attacks to come, thousands of people in Ukraine were left without electricity after hackers hit electrical substations, it has been claimed.
The power outage in the country, first reported by local news sources on December 23, took a regional control center offline and has been blamed on malware.
It's believed the BlackEnergy Trojan -- which started out as a tool to create denial of service (DDoS) attacks in 2007 and has since been developed into sophisticated malware -- was used to cause the blackout.
More at the link. And other links on the same story:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/malware-found-inside-downed-ukrainian-power-plant-points-to-cyberattack
https://ics.sans.org/blog/2016/01/01/potential-sample-of-malware-from-the-ukrainian-cyber-attack-uncovered
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-01/05/cyberattack-power-electricity-ukraine
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/first-known-hacker-caused-power-outage-signals-troubling-escalation/
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2440469/ukraine-investigating-suspected-russian-cyber-attack-on-power-grid
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-06 |