{"id":2830,"date":"2022-03-28T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2022-03-28T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T23:41:17","slug":"us-charges-four-russians-over-hacking-campaign-on-energy-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/2022\/03\/28\/us-charges-four-russians-over-hacking-campaign-on-energy-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"US charges four Russians over hacking campaign on energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the allegations?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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|The hackers are accused of causing an emergency shutdown at a Saudi oil plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The accused are alleged to have installed backdoors and launched malicious software designed to compromise the safety of energy facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The accused are alleged to have installed backdoors and launched malicious software designed to compromise the safety of energy facilities. Two separate groups are accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the indictment, between May and September 2017, one group is accused of hacking the systems of a petro-chemical plant in Saudi Arabia and installing malware, which cyber security researchers have referred to as “Triton” or “Trisis” on a safety system produced by Schneider Electric. This caused a fault that led the refinery’s electric safety systems to initiate two automatic emergency shutdowns of the refinery’s operation in Saudi Arabia. Between February and July 2018, the conspirators are said to have researched similar refineries in the US and unsuccessfully attempted to hack the company’s computer systems. The accused in this case is said to be an employee of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK said the malicious software was designed specifically to target the plant’s safety override for the Industrial Control System which ran its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The malware was designed to give the actors complete control of infected systems and had the capability to cause significant impact, possibly including the release of toxic gas or an explosion – either of which could have resulted in loss of life and physical damage to the facility,” the UK Foreign Office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serious consequences of hacker attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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|Ukraine’s energy grid has been attacked twice by hackers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n