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DHS Warns that Russians Hacked Control Rooms

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials in a July 24 webinar said that Russian hackers infiltrated a power plant industrial control system (ICS) in an incident that could have caused a blackout last year. However, as an industrial cybersecurity expert pointed out—and a DHS spokesperson confirmed—the impact of the incident may be overstated. The expert and DHS responded to a […]

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DHS Reportedly Warns that Russians Hacked Control Rooms

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have again reportedly said that Russian hackers could have infiltrated power plant control rooms and caused blackouts last year. The continuing cyber threat campaign may be spearheaded by a state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 23. The attacks claimed “hundreds of […]

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FERC Mandates Reporting of Attempted Cybersecurity Breaches

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ordered the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to broaden, within six months, its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards to include mandatory reporting of cybersecurity incidents that could harm the bulk electric system (BES). FERC’s Order No. 848issued on July 19 directs NERC to develop and submit […]

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