American Military News by Ryan Morgan 6/24/2022
A Russian hacking group may have targeted the industrial controls at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, leading to its explosion on June 8, a new report revealed this week.
Based on assessments of these two LNG pipeline experts and multiple other sources, Rogan theorized this week that the industrial safety controls at the natural gas facility could have been hacked and turned off by malicious actors. Since 2017, western intelligence officials and cybersecurity experts have been aware of a set of malware tools known as TRITON or TRISIS. A hacking group of suspected Russian origins, known as XENOTIME, has used these tools to shut off safety instrumented systems to damage industrial facilities.
On March 24 the U.S. Department of Justice brought charges against four Russian nationals suspected of using TRITON malware in cyber attacks on behalf of the Russian government between 2012 and 2018. That same day, the FBI issued an advisory warning that TRITON malware tools still remain a major threat to industrial systems around the world.
Rogan theorized that the June 8 explosion at the Freeport LNG facility could be consistent with this type of hacking behavior. Freeport LNG has denied Rogan’s theory, saying, “While our ongoing investigation continues, a cyberattack was ruled out as the cause within days of the incident. After a thorough assessment of our network, our internal cyber detection systems have been confirmed to have been functioning properly and do not indicate any manipulation or compromise of our security solutions.”
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