The war in Ukraine.  Reuters: Russian hackers targeted three US nuclear plants

The attacks took place between August and September last year, at a time when authorities in the Kremlin had warned about it Russia may use nuclear weapons to defend its territory – notes Reuters. The three national research laboratories targeted by the hackers are Brookhaven, New York, Argonne, Illinois, and Lawrence Livermore, California. The US Department of Energy has not commented on the hacking reports.

Reuters notes that since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the group cool river It increased its activity against the allies of Kyiv. The actions against the US laboratories came as UN experts were inspecting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian forces.

Adam Myers – Vice President of Cybersecurity at CrowdStrike describes Cold River Group as “One of the most important groups of hackersAssociated with “direct support for the Kremlin’s information operations.”

Several mistakes made by the hackers allowed specialists to learn the identities of some of the group’s members. Reuters reports that many of the email addresses used by the hackers belong to a 35-year-old Russian. Andre Korineka resident of Syktyvkar, the main city of the Komi Republic.

INTERIA.PL/PAP





























Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Europe’s largest carnivorous bird has returned to Poland. He was flying near Warsaw

A large chestnut eagle was seen overhead Kissing the swamp, which is…

The war in Ukraine. FSB officers are sent to prison for negligence

According to a well-informed channel source in legal circles close to the…

United States of America. The court imposed a penalty on Donald Trump. The former president must pay more than $350 million

Donald Trump must pay a fine of 354.9 million US dollars (about…

Armed invasion of Ukraine. Russia lost the largest number of soldiers within 24 hours since the beginning of the aggression

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that in the…