Article 31B3D Hackers attacking US and European energy firms could sabotage power grids

Hackers attacking US and European energy firms could sabotage power grids

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#31B3D)

Cybersecurity firm Symantec says 'Dragonfly' group has been investigating and penetrating energy facilities in US, Turkey and Switzerland

A hacking campaign is targeting the energy sector in Europe and the US to potentially sabotage national power grids, a cybersecurity firm has warned.

The group, dubbed "Dragonfly" by researchers at Symantec, has been in operation since at least 2011 but went dark in 2014 after it was first exposed, secretly placing backdoors in the industrial control systems of power plants across the US and Europe.

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