Cybersecurity
Russian Hackers Attacking U.S. Power Grid and Aviation, FBI Warns
- U.S. officials warn of attacks, including on nuclear plants
- Cyber-attacks underway since at least March 2016, U.S. says
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Russian hackers are conducting a broad assault on the U.S. electric grid, water processing plants, air transportation facilities and other targets in rolling attacks on some of the country’s most sensitive infrastructure, U.S. government officials said Thursday.
The announcement was the first official confirmation that Russian hackers have taken aim at facilities on which hundreds of millions of Americans depend for basic services. Bloomberg News reported in July that Russian hackers had breached more than a dozen power plants in seven states, an aggressive campaign that has since expanded to dozens of states, according to a person familiar with the investigation.