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Briefing
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- Russians Hacked Power Infrastructure – U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said Russian hackers infiltrated networks of several power companies in U.S., gaining access to control rooms
- Timeline – Claimed breach occurred in 2016 and could be continuing through 2018
- Possible Blackouts – Hackers could have launched switches to disrupt power flow and cause immediate blackouts
- State-Sponsored Attack – DHS said hackers belong to state-sponsored group Dragonfly/Energetic Bear
- Russia’s Denial – Moscow officials denied DHS’ finding on alleged attacks on U.S. power infrastructure
- Breach Method – Hackers launched phishing attacks and spoof websites to fool employees of third-party vendors to enter credentials that can access corporate networks and control rooms
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Utilities
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Organization
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Source
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Sharma, S., "Russian hackers breached US electricity network causing blackouts",
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Smith, R., "Russian hackers breached U.S. electric-utility control rooms, feds say",
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Musil, S., "Russian hackers accessed US electric utilities' control rooms",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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July 24, 2018
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