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February 12, 2016 06:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/a5NOaIcUkJA/hackers-of-ukrainian-utilities-probably-hit-mining-and-railroad-targets-too
Hackers of Ukrainian Utilities Probably Hit Mining and Railroad Targets, Too
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.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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