Rpt: Russian Hackers Penetrate U.S. Power Grid, Install Malicious Software

FAKE NEWS? Rpt: Russian Hackers Penetrate U.S. Power Grid, Install Malicious Software Good gravy this is worse than the time the Russians sank the Lusitania, set the Reichstag on fire and murdered Harambe!

This post was last modified on December 31, 2016

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  • Old News: the original Symantec report, although dated 2014 was written around the planting of Malware in control system components (PLC's) and which occurred in 2013 (or earlier) via on-line updates for the PLC's at the 3 PLC manufacturers sites.

    Once operational, PLC's are not connected to the net nor are updates to the operating system allowed once stand alone PLC controlled systems are operational.

    No doubt Symantec and others were involved in scrubbing all PLC systems suspected of being infected.

    The only link to Eastern Europe in the Symantec report is the mention that the hackers may have been operating out of the UTC +4 time zone.
    https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/emerging-threat-dragonfly-energetic-bear-apt-group

    Symantec mentioned "Energetic Bear" which took me to this 2014 article: "Kaspersky Lab report finds more industries hit by the infamous cyber espionage campaign -- and evidence pointing to French and Swedish-speaking attackers as well as Eastern European ones."
    http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/energetic-bear-under-the-microscope/d/d-id/1297712

  • As for that Jonas guy, I never take advice about nuclear systems from anyone who can't pronounce the word nuclear.

  • Experts have found the following analysis to be nearly 100% accurate:
    1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
    2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
    3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crossword puzzles.
    4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times.
    5. The Los Angeles Timesis read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could find the time and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.
    6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country.
    7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
    8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
    9. The Chicago Tribune is read by people that are in prison that used to run the state, & would like to do so again, as would their constituents that are currently free on bail.
    10. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country, but need the baseball scores.
    11. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are gay, handicapped, minority, feminist, atheists, and those who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are not Republicans.
    12. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
    13. The Seattle Times is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in.

  • Didn't the Russians also attack pearl harbor? And who can forget when they tried to shoot down Brian Williams Helicopter? More fake news to shore up the outgoing Obutthead.