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Report: Russian Hackers Came Close To Causing U.S. Blackouts Last YearHackers working for Russia claimed "hundreds of victims" last year in a major, long-running campaign that enabled them to gain control over some U.S. electric utilities, where they could have caused blackouts, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.Citing officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Journal reported on July 23 that the Russian hacking campaign has likely continued this year and involves a state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear.The hackers broke into supposedly secure networks owned by utilities with relative ease by first penetrating the networks of vendors who had trusted relationships with the power companies, the Journal reported.Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-hackers-came-close-causing-us-blackouts-last-year-wall-street-journal-reported-department-homeland-security-briefing/29386156.html
The hackers aren't the problem. It is the lack of security that is the issue. It is a given that a large part of the planet wants to break in. The most critical systems simply shouldn't be on the Internet. Period.
