The United States has been accused by Vladimir Putin’s administration of deploying a series of cyberattacks against Russia’s energy infrastructure, information security services specialists reported. According to the experts, American intelligence agencies have investigated Russian electrical systems for at least the last six years.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says spies and
American intelligence officials and experts in hacking have injected a
dangerous variant of malware into their power grids. “The main Russian
government agencies are working hard to counter the U.S. attack,” the
spokesman says.
Over the past year, American energy companies
and oil and gas operators across North America discovered that their networks
had been examined by Russian hackers, similar to Russian attacks on Ukraine computer
infrastructure, which last year experienced cyberattacks
deployed from Russian territory, reported information security services
specialists.
On the other hand, Donald Trump’s
administration believes that the main reason Russian hackers have tried to
infiltrate the networks of American companies is the closeness of the 2020
election because, as has already been proven, Russia managed to intervene in
the proc that U.S. election in 2016, and they would try to do this again.
According to information security services
experts from the International Cyber Security Institute (IICS), Russia would
try to cause power outages in some key states during the election. Paul
Nakasone of the U.S. Cybersecurity Agency has expressed the intention of Donald
Trump’s administration to defend itself against any attempted cyberattack
commanded by the Russian government.
So far there is no evidence that the U.S.
government’s cyberattacks against Russia have been successful; on the other
hand, Russia’s alleged cyberattacks against the U.S. have not been successful
either.
International tension is growing; A few days
ago, a suspected cyberattack caused a massive blackout in several South
American countries, setting off alarm bells for possible nation-state-sponsored
hacking activities.
