PARASKOVIIVKA, UKRAINE – DECEMBER 17: An electric substation of salt mine on December 17, 2022 in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine. Now local residents remain in the village and the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is no electricity, the village is under constant shelling. Communication works only on the pedestrian bridge via the railway. The salt mines of the state enterprise “Artemsil” stopped working due to hostilities at the end of May. (Photo by Vitalii Pavlenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Russian hackers disrupted Ukrainian electrical grid last year The notorious Russian hacking group known as Sandworm took down a substation that caused a brief outage, according to a new Mandiant report. Nov 9, 2023 By Christian Vasquez AJ Vicens
Workers repair infrastructure in a power plant that was damaged by a Russian air attack in October, on November 04, 2022 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Ed Ram/Getty Images) Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure cause internet outages, cutting off a valuable wartime tool With its war effort faltering, the Kremlin is stepping up its attacks on Ukrainian power plants, resulting in cascading internet failures. Apr 12, 2023 By Elias Groll
(Getty Images) Wind turbine giant Vestas says data was compromised in security incident The company says it's getting its systems back online. Nov 22, 2021 By Tim Starks
Participants of the war with Russia backed separatists on the east of Ukraine, activists of Right Sector, far-right movement hold flags as they march after their rally called “Stop the creeping occupation!” outside the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on November 4, 2021. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) Ukraine exposes expansive Russian hacking operation targeting its government, infrastructure Ukraine doxxed phone calls from the hackers, known in Ukraine as "Armageddon" but as Gamaredon elsewhere. Nov 4, 2021
Plum Island Light is located on the western end of an island that’s been home to U.S. experiments (Wikicommons). How the US military used a creepy island to test cyberattacks on the grid — in the middle of a pandemic The annual exercise off Long Island didn't go as planned in 2020. Dec 17, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty) US charges Russian GRU officers for NotPetya, other major hacks NotPetya cost a reported $1 billion to a collection of U.S. organizations, officials said. Oct 19, 2020 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Researchers uncover vulnerabilities in devices used at industrial facilities Trend Micro spent multiple months trying to help get patches issued for the devices, with mixed success. Aug 5, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
The latest GridEx exercise saw malware compromise the industrial control systems that utilities use to manage their operations. (Getty Images) North American utilities drill ‘GridEx’ brings record turnout — except from supply chain vendors GridEx used mock malware modeled after the 2016 cyberattack in Ukraine. Apr 1, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Why one researcher mimicked Russian hackers in breaking into a European utility Jason Larsen was tired of hearing how skilled Sandworm was, so he used one of their techniques to improve a client's security. Jan 23, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
U.S. agrees to help Baltic states bolster grid cybersecurity The agreement comes as the ex-Soviet countries look to disentangle themselves from Russian electric infrastructure. Oct 7, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas