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Risk & Repeat: DHS warns of power grid cyberattacks

Source: Tech Target, 26/07/2018

The Department of Homeland Security has renewed its concerns over
potential power grid cyberattacks.
DHS officials held a briefing this week to discuss the threat of
Russian hackers targeting utility companies and industrial control
systems in an apparent effort to compromise and potentially cripple
U.S. critical infrastructure, according to a report from The Wall
Street Journal. The report also claimed the hackers, who were linked
to the Russian threat group Dragonfly, last year gained access to the
control rooms of U.S. electric companies during an extensive hacking
campaign.
While the government has issued warnings about active threats to ICS
and critical infrastructure before, the DHS briefing marks the first
time the agency has publicly discussed the extent of the power grid
cyberattacks. Government officials said the Dragonfly campaign is
likely continuing.

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