Ukraine sees Russian hand in cyber attacks on power grid
Source: Reuters
Hackers used a Russian-based internet provider and made phone calls from inside Russia as part of a coordinated cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid in December, Ukraine's energy ministry said on Friday.
The incident was widely seen as the first known power outage caused by a cyber attack, and has prompted fears both within Ukraine and outside that other critical infrastructure could be vulnerable.
The ministry, saying it had completed an investigation into the incident, did not accuse the Russian government directly of involvement in the attack, which knocked out electricity supplies to tens of thousands of customers in central and western Ukraine and prompted Kiev to review its cyber defenses.
But the findings chime with the testimony of the U.S. intelligence chief to Congress this week, which named cyber attacks, including those targeting Washington's interests in Ukraine, as the biggest threat to U.S. national security.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-cybersecurity-idUSKCN0VL18E
Ukrainians remember Holodomor, the genocide by famine by Soviet Russia in the 1930s, so the sabotage of their power grid during the winter is no big surprise.
U.S. official blames Russia for power grid attack in Ukraine
Bernin
(311 posts)anymore to know who posted it.
Igel
(35,356 posts)The author's posted right next to "title of discussion" link.
One can be ad hominem knowing full well who the person is before even reading the title of discussion.
Bernin
(311 posts)B/c I do not see uhnope anywhere until I click on the link. Even when signed in.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Stories like these should only be posted if they go against the west or the US. To post possible negative information against Russia, China, Venezuela, etc.., only serves to bolster the wrong imperialists.
We should ask the admins if they will make a "if you don't have anything nice to say about Russia, then don't say it at all" rule. Mmmm hmmmm.
Bernin
(311 posts)You're with me on this like Hillary is with the people.
Mmmm hmmmmm.