The 2016 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid by Russian hackers has puzzled experts for years. They used malware to cause a blackout in Kyiv but restored power after an hour. New research by Dragos suggests that the hackers aimed to cause severe, long-term damage that would activate when the power was restored. This approach mirrors past attacks like Stuxnet, highlighting the evolving sophistication of cyber warfare aimed at critical infrastructure.
Just before midnight, they used it to open every circuit breaker in a transmission station north of Kyiv.
Researchers...reconstructed a timeline of the 2016 blackout attack...hackers intended not merely to cause a short-lived disruption but to inflict lasting damage.
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