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Researchers Confirm Cyber Attacks Caused Ukraine Power Outages

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

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Researchers Confirm Cyber Attacks Caused Ukraine Power Outages

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The SANS Institute concluded the late December power outages in Ukraine were directly caused by cyber attacks, the company said Jan. 9.The SANS Industrial Control Systems (ICS) team had been analyzing information made available by the affected power companies, researchers, and media.“We assess with high confidence based on company statements, media reports, and first-hand analysis that the incident was due to a coordinated intentional attack,” Micharl Assante, SANS lead for ICS and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) security, said…

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