US Government Confirms Cyber Attack Against Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure
US investigators have officially confirmed that the devastating power outages experienced in Ukraine last December, which affected 225,000 customers, were the result of a sophisticated cyber attack, according to an alert posted last week by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
According to the February 25 alert, a US interagency team collaborated and shared information with the Ukrainian government to gain more insight into the unscheduled power outages. The team conducted multiple interviews with operations and information technology staff and leadership at six Ukrainian organizations affected by the blackout.
Based on these discussions and interviews, the team determined that the power outages experienced on December 23, 2015 were caused by external cyber attackers.
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