Security News > 2018 > July > Russian hackers are ready to disrupt US energy utilities, says DHS

2018-07-25 10:53
Jonathan Homer says Russian hackers have snared “hundreds of victims” in the utilities and equipment sectors and "got to the point where they could have thrown switches” in a way that could have caused power blackouts.
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