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China Offers To Help Venezuela Restore Power As Maduro Accuses Trump, Guaido Of “Sabotage”
China Offers To Help Venezuela Restore Power As Maduro Accuses Trump, Guaido Of “Sabotage” China offered on Wednesday to help Venezuela repair its power grid after the country was plunged into its worst blackout on record, now in its sixth day, reports Reuters. With the power blackout in its sixth day, hospitals struggled to keep equipment running, food rotted […]
US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down the System
US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down the System Hackers broke into the US electric grid with spearphishing techniques targeting contractors with system access. The Wall Street Journal has a detailed report out today regarding a sophisticated, and successful attack by hackers into the US electric grid. The hackers could have temporarily shut […]
New, little-seen report warns the nation’s power infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to physical attacks
New, little-seen report warns the nation’s power infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to physical attacks (Natural News) It’s looking more and more like it will take a major attack against the U.S. power grid before the government and electric industry come together and get serious about protecting it. According to a new investigative report that likely […]
Russia Blamed For Attacks On US Power Grid Starting In 2016
Russia Blamed For Attacks On US Power Grid Starting In 2016 The Trump administration has blamed the Russian government for a series of cyber attacks targeting American and European nuclear power plants and other critical utilities dating back at least two years – raising fears that the Kremlin could disrupt the West’s critical infrastructure in the event […]
Russians Spooked by Nukes-Against-Cyber-Attack Policy
Russians Spooked by Nukes-Against-Cyber-Attack Policy New U.S. policy on nuclear retaliatory strikes for cyber-attacks is raising concerns, with Russia claiming that it’s already been blamed for a false-flag cyber-attack – namely the election hacking allegations of 2016, explain Ray McGovern and William Binney. Moscow is showing understandable concern over the lowering of the threshold for […]
The WannaCry Cyberattack: What the Evidence Says and Why the Trump Administration Blames North Korea
The WannaCry Cyberattack: What the Evidence Says and Why the Trump Administration Blames North Korea Photo by Blogtrepreneur | CC BY 2.0 On December 19, in a Wall Street Journal editorial that drew much attention, Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert asserted that North Korea was “directly responsible” for the WannaCry cyberattack that struck more […]
U.S. Grid Narrowly Escapes Apocalyptic Attack
U.S. Grid Narrowly Escapes Apocalyptic Attack The American grid security story grows increasingly grim. Last week, security consulting firm Symantec warned that recent cyberattacks gave hackers direct access to the nation’s power grid on multiple occasions, according to a new report by Wired. This time, not only the United States was exposed, said Symantec. Europe […]
In Stunning Reversal, DHS Says Russians Were Not Behind Attempted Wisconsin Vote Hacking
In Stunning Reversal, DHS Says Russians Were Not Behind Attempted Wisconsin Vote Hacking Just in time for the weekend, the Associated Press reported on Friday that the Department of Homeland Security had notified 21 states earlier that day that their election systems had been targeted by malicious cyber actors. The states and DHS quickly jumped […]
Was Petya Ransomware a DELIBERATE Cyberattack on Ukraine? Here’s How It Could Happen To Us
Was Petya Ransomware a DELIBERATE Cyberattack on Ukraine? Here’s How It Could Happen To Us The Petya Ransomware attack hit globally, but one country, in particular, was devastated by it. The Ukrainian infrastructure was brought own by the attack, where the epicenter occurred, and now, experts are suggesting that it may have been deliberate and state-sponsored. […]
The Power Grid Is Far More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Than Most People Realize
The Power Grid Is Far More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Than Most People Realize In December of 2015, 230,000 people in Western Ukraine lost power after 30 substations were mysteriously shut off. Contrary to what most people assumed at the time, this wasn’t an innocuous power outage. The authorities would later admit that the loss […]
NATO Chief Says Recent Cyber Attack Could Spark Mutual Defense Response
NATO Chief Says Recent Cyber Attack Could Spark Mutual Defense Response Jens Stoltenberg A major global cyber attack which struck particularly hard in Ukraine on Tuesday could potentially trigger NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense commitment, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. On Tuesday, computer systems around the world were subjected to ransomware cyber attacks that spread from Ukraine […]
“Massive Cyberattack” Spreads Across Europe, Hits Ukraine, Russia, UK, Denmark
“Massive Cyberattack” Spreads Across Europe, Hits Ukraine, Russia, UK, Denmark Update 2: RUSSIAN CENBANK SAYS AS A RESULT OF ATTACKS THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED CASES WHERE IT SYSTEMS INFECTED * * * Update: in addition to the below listed companies, all of which appear to have been targeted in the global cyberattack including Russia’s Rosneft […]
Total Chaos: Cyber Attack Fears As MULTIPLE CITIES HIT With Simultaneous Power Grid Failures: Shockwave Of Delays In San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York
Total Chaos: Cyber Attack Fears As MULTIPLE CITIES HIT With Simultaneous Power Grid Failures: Shockwave Of Delays In San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York The U.S. power grid appears to have been hit with multiple power outages affecting San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Officials report that business, traffic and day-to-day life has come […]
Russia Responds To Formal Cyberattack Accusations, Calls Them “Unprecedented Anti-Russian Hysteria”
Russia Responds To Formal Cyberattack Accusations, Calls Them “Unprecedented Anti-Russian Hysteria” Following the first official accusation lobbed at Russia on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence on Election Security, in which US intelligence services formally stated they were “confident” that the Russian government “directed the recent compromises of emails from US […]
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare”
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare” Intelligence insider Jim Rickards has previously warned of asymmetric attacks using cyber warfare, financial warfare and domestic disasters involving chemical, biological or radiologicial events. The threat is multi-faceted and the consequences of such an attack, whether it takes […]
