Russian Hackers Breach US Utility Networks via Trusted Vendors

Jul 25

Hackers were able to access confidential information, such as the equipment being used and how utility networks are configured.

Russian hackers obtained access to the U.S. electric grid last year by penetrating the networks of key vendors that service power companies, homeland security officials said in a Monday briefing.

Officials said that hackers working for Russia could have caused blackouts in a long-running campaign to get inside U.S. electric utility control rooms, the Wall Street Journal was first to report.

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