Posted on Jan 4, 2021
Russian hackers could have accessed secret US blackout emergency plans
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Government officials are reportedly privately worried that Russia accessed secret US plans for restoring power if there is a major blackout across the country.
Last month, it was announced that hackers had breached the software vendor SolarWinds, which works with multiple US government agencies, and had disguised the hack through software updates.
The hack, which also targeted private companies including Microsoft and Amazon, started in March 2020, but was only discovered in December.
Prominent US figures claimed that Russia and its SVR intelligence agency were behind the cyberattack of up to 250 federal agencies and businesses. The country denied the claims, saying that they lacked evidence.
Last month, it was announced that hackers had breached the software vendor SolarWinds, which works with multiple US government agencies, and had disguised the hack through software updates.
The hack, which also targeted private companies including Microsoft and Amazon, started in March 2020, but was only discovered in December.
Prominent US figures claimed that Russia and its SVR intelligence agency were behind the cyberattack of up to 250 federal agencies and businesses. The country denied the claims, saying that they lacked evidence.
Russian hackers could have accessed secret US blackout emergency plans
Posted from independent.co.uk
Hacking
Russia
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Posted 4 y ago
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Interesting share, but if the blackout emergency plans are anything the Covid vaccination plans they didn't learn much.
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Not good. I have seen a couple articles now indicating the attack itself originated from servers inside the US. I find it particularly concerning that a foreign power seems to have had back doors to our internal servers.
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