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Hackers of Ukrainian Utilities Probably Hit Mining and Railroad Targets, Too (csoonline.com)

Posted by timothy on from the while-they-were-in-the-neighborhood dept.

itwbennett writes: Trend Micro said Thursday that its latest technical research shows that the same malware — dubbed BlackEnergy and KillDisk — were likely used in attacks on a mining company and a railway operator that preceded the devastating power-company hacks and that those earlier attacks may have been test runs. 'The malware used in the attacks, known as Black Energy, has been linked by the security firm iSight Partners to a group nicknamed the Sandworm Team, which is suspected to be from Russia,' writes Jeremy Kirk.

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  1. Do you believe this crap? by tetraverse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    First off, the Ukraine powercuts were caused by old fashioned sabotage. Secondly no amount of malware can knock out the power generators as they are not controlled by SCADA units running Microsoft windows and directly connected to the Internet. ref
    --

    PROTHERO: Do you believe this crap, Dascombe?

    DASCOMBE: It's not our job to believe it, Lewis. Our job is to tell the people --

    PROTHERO: "Exactly what they tell us." I Know but do you think that people will believe it?

    DASCOMBE: They will if it's you that's telling it to them. Now let's try it again    .

  2. Yep, Russia did it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really, Russia. No evidence, but its Russia.

    Man, slashdot sounding more and more like joining the rest of the presstitute media. Stick to reporting FACTS