Well, 2015 has certainly not made missing attacks by hackers, who stole data from governments, have introduced dating sites, and have carried out a lot of other more or less illegal acts; it now seems that the new frontier of cyber attacks consists in targeting energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials are trying to publish their comments on the recent pro-Western region experienced blackouts and blame the attacks by the Russian hackers.
Hackers’ Malware Attack Leaves Ukraine at Dark
Last week, in Ukraine, the computers of three energy providers were infested with malware, leaving no energy for most of the homes in the region of Ivano-Frankish. The news from Ukraine confirms that the interruption was caused by an energy malware that has haunted the computer systems of organizations dispensing, as found by the security firm iSIGHT Partners responsible for reporting the incident. On the other hand, Russia said Ukrainian officials are trying to blame the blackout that occurs periodically on well-known Russian network sector bodies and to win the sympathy of the international media. The security Service of Ukraine (the SSU) recently issued a related statement, but it immediately shut down its Web site for up to one day old. The world’s first war period appears to be an actual network attack. This is the world’s first real cyber attack that occurs during a fight – although not part of the formal first time since the Russian side (still) does not admit their participation in this activity. If these investigations confirm the presence of malware in the computer systems, it would be the first ever attempt to attack a power source; “In the past attempts were made of attacks on oil companies, but never attempts to darkening of entire regions,” said John Hultquist, head of the company’s cyber intelligence iSIGHT. Given the growing importance assumed by electronic devices in recent years, the ability to obscure power sources could be a dangerous weapon in possession of hackers and an entirely new way and never beaten before.
