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On December 23, 2015, the power grid in two western oblasts of Ukraine was hacked, which resulted in power outages for roughly 230,000 consumers in Ukraine for 1-6 hours. The attack took place during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War (2014-present) and is attributed to a Russian advanced persistent threat group known as "Sandworm". [1]
Industroyer [1] (also referred to as Crashoverride) is a malware framework considered to have been used in the cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid on 17 December 2016. [2] [3] [4] The attack cut a fifth of Kyiv, the capital, off power for one hour and is considered to have been a large-scale test.
The failure of even a single generator could cause widespread outages and possibly cascading failure of the entire power grid as occurred in the Northeast blackout of 2003. Additionally, even if there are no outages from the removal of a single component (N-1 resilience), there is a large window for a second attack or failure as it could take ...
It happened a year after a previous attack on Ukraine's power grid. [1] Dragos Security concluded that the attack was not merely to cause short-term disruption but to cause long-lasting damage that could last weeks or months. [3] The attackers had tried to cause physical damage to the station when the operators turned the grid back on. [3]
With all of us doing so much online these days, it can be challenging to notice whether we’ve been hacked. Whether you’re online all day or just a few hours a week, there are a few key signs ...
The US government expects such storms could inflict $2 trillion worth of damage and a recovery effort that might drag out for months or years.
Ukraine power grid hack (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cyberattacks on Ukraine .
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