Industroyer Malware Capable of Causing ‘Significant Harm’ to Electric Power Systems

Part of Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, lost power on December 17-18, 2016, due to a digital attack. The operation, which occurred nearly one year after BlackEnergy targeted western Ukrainian power company Prykarpattyaoblenergo with KillDisk malware, pushed networks and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems at utility Ukrenergo “outside normal parameters.” Security researchers believe bad actors hid […]… Read More

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