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Russian Hackers Cyber Attack on U.S.A Nuclear Energy Industry Sectors

Russian Hackers Cyber Attack on USA Energy and Nuclear Industry Sectors


Russian Hackers Cyber Attack on U.S.A  Nuclear Energy Industry Sectors


US officials said that malware have found in the operating systems of manufacturing sector. US Intelligence agencies issued and alert to the industries to review their cybersecurity. The alert provide information on Russian government action targeting U.S government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial.

This is not the first time when Russia is attacking on US official computer systems. It was observed during U.S president election in 2016 too.

According to Forbes,
The electric grid is a system of systems, managed by thousands of people, computers and manual controls, with data supplied by tens of thousands of sensors connected by a wide variety of communications networks. Over the next 20 years, the growth in data flowing through our grid will far exceed the flow of electricity. So it is essential that we protect it from cyber-attack.

Nuclear plants are one of the best protected of all systems from possible cyber threats in America.

‘United States utilities with nuclear assets have very robust cyber security programs dating back to the days of Y2K,’ says David Blee, Executive Director of the National Nuclear Infrastructure Council. ‘Operational plant systems controls are segregated from normal business software by several layers of protection, including physical means.’

But the thing is Nuclear industry does not use firewalls to isolate these systems.

The Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of an elaborate plot to penetrate America’s electric grid, factories, water supply and air travel through hacking.

U.S. nuclear plants are designed as operational “islands” that are not connected to the internet and other networks. Nuclear power provides about 20 percent of the nation’s electricity.

According to report of US-CERT.
Domain Controllers, File and Email Servers were affected. DHS and FBI characterize the activity as a multi stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities 'networks where they staged malware, conducted spear phsihing and gained remote access into energy sector networks. After obtaining access the Russian government cyber actors conducted network reconnaissance moved laterally and collected information pertaining to Industrial Control Systems (ICS).
   

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