Ukraine Blackouts Caused by Malware Attacks Warn Against Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to the Physical World
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
SANTA CRUZ, California, May 17 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
By Emily Cerf
On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv's citizens were plunged into darkness as attackers used malware to target the capital city's power grid. Six years later, in the early months of the ongoing Russia-Uk . . .
By Emily Cerf
On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv's citizens were plunged into darkness as attackers used malware to target the capital city's power grid. Six years later, in the early months of the ongoing Russia-Uk . . .