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Russian Hackers Targeted Poland's Power Grid in December, ESET Says
The December cyberattack, linked to Russia's Sandworm unit, targeted Poland's power grid and renewables but was repelled, avoiding disruption to about 500,000 homes, officials said.
- On December 29 and 30, attackers targeted two heat and power plants and tried to sever communications between renewable installations and power distribution operators, ESET and Polish officials said.
- Built patterns of destructive operations across a decade show the December attack coincided with the tenth anniversary of a Sandworm-linked 2015 attack that caused outages for more than 230,000 homes.
- ESET's technical analysis found code overlaps with past Sandworm tools, and Kim Zetter, independent journalist, first reported the breach as linked to Russian government hackers, security researchers said Friday.
- Authorities reported defenses held and no successful disruption occurred, with Researchers and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying cybersecurity worked despite local media estimates of impacts on half a million homes.
- Polish officials blamed Moscow for the attempt, with Milosz Motyka calling it the "strongest attack" on Poland's energy infrastructure in years, while the Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond.
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