Russian hackers took over the regional power company
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The attack on Prykarpattyaoblenergo was called unprecedented.
The hacker attack on the Ukrainian power companies, which occurred at the end of 2015, was carried out with the help of malicious computer software hidden in Microsoft Office documents.
This is stated in the blog of the antivirus company ESET, which produces the well-known antivirus NOD32.
The attack scenario is simple: the victim receives an email that contains an attachment with a malicious document. For example, at the beginning of 2015, a message was sent from the Verkhovna Rada mail server in which the virus was hidden in an attached Excel file, supposedly with some mobilization lists. “This is an example of social engineering, not software vulnerabilities,” the blog said.
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If the victim believed the letter and ran the document with the macro, her computer is infected. In the case of Ukrainian regional power companies, a BlackEnergy Trojan was hidden in the documents, which infected the system with another Win32/KillDisk Trojan. In addition to the fact that this program is capable of “killing” the files necessary to boot the operating system, it was specially prepared for attacking energy companies.
“This is a turning point because we have seen examples of devastating attacks on energy companies before - such as oil companies - but never before have they caused widespread power outages. This is a scenario that we have been afraid of for a very long time,” the publication quotes the head of the cyber espionage department at iSIGHT Partners, John Hultquist.
As Forum wrote earlier, Russian hackers five times attacked mail Clinton, and four hackers from Russia have given away on trial in the USA.
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