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The webinar Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors dedicated to activities performed by hacker groups associated with the Russian government was held on July 23, 2018 with the help of the Department of National Security and US-CERT. We publish the webinar observation by cybersecurity expert Alexei Ivanov (Ekra).
According to the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, Russia was probably behind a widespread cyber attack on German energy providers disclosed a fortnight ago.
A nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago, and there is a serious threat of militant attacks on such plants, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday.