U.S. Deputy Secretary for Energy says Russia behind cyber attack on Ukraine's power grid – CNN
Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall has said Russia was behind a cyber attack on Ukrainian energy providers, CNN reported on its website.
Sherwood-Randall made these comments at a gathering of electric power grid industry executives, the source said.
However, a number of other top U.S. intelligence and security officials claimed the evidence wasn't conclusive enough and that the U.S. government wasn't ready to attribute the cyber attack to the Russian government.
The meeting was gathered to provide the power grid industry with the findings of a U.S. team that visited Ukraine. It conducted an enquiry into the cyber attack and included officials from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Energy.
As reported, attacks of malware known as BlackEnergy in late 2015 caused power outages for consumers of Prykarpattiaoblenergo. Besides, cyber attacks were mounted against Chernivtsioblenergo and Kyivoblenergo.
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