Russian hackers for a state-sponsored organization invaded hundreds of control rooms of U.S. electric utilities that could have led to blackouts, a new report says.
The group, known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, infiltrated networks of U.S. utilities as part of an effort that is likely ongoing, Department of Homeland Security officials told the Wall Street Journal.
Jonathan Home, chief of industrial-control-system analysis for DHS, said the hackers “got to the point where they could have thrown switches” and upset power flows.
Although the agency did not disclose which companies were impacted, the officials at a briefing Monday said that there were “hundreds of victims” and that some companies may not be aware that hackers infiltrated their networks yet.
According to experts, Russia has been preparing for such attacks for some time now.
“They’ve been intruding into our networks and are positioning themselves for a limited or widespread attack,” said former Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Michael Carpenter, now senior director at the Penn Biden Center at the University of Pennsylvania, per the Wall Street Journal. “They are waging a covert war on the West.”
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The group, known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, infiltrated networks of U.S. utilities as part of an effort that is likely ongoing https://t.co/WSU2Aetu7v
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 24, 2018
This is jaw dropping. And Trump will do nothing-nor will our complicit Republican Party. Who will put the USA first and keep us safe?
“Hackers working for Russia..inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts” https://t.co/EGTltG6LhH
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 24, 2018
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