JeffStone

So much for Russia's big "cyberwar."

Espionage, not blackouts, has been the theme of hacking in Ukraine, via the final Bloomberg Cyber Bulletin for 2022.

Plus, some of the year's greatest hits and @Margimurphy signs off with a pint of Guinness. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-12-21/espionage-not-blackouts-is-theme-of-russian-hacking-in-ukraine

Espionage, Not Blackouts, Is Theme of Russian Hacking in Ukraine

Ukrainians spent months preparing, testing for vulnerabilities

Bloomberg
Dec 21, 2022 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadJoeDaiDec 21, 2022

@JeffStone
I'll have to read the article, but they have tried the blackouts since 2014. One of the key features of the Ukrainian grid is the fact that their circuit breakers and remotely controlled switches have manual overrides. Here in the US most of our devices do not have a physical override. So the Ukrainians have simply disabled the remotely controlled portions in some cases. In other circumstances they have people on station that can override.

They have and continue to try, but I think that attack vector is mostly dead at this point.
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