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Hackers Suspected of Causing Second Power Outage in Ukraine

The same group of hackers that caused the power outage across several regions in Ukraine last Christmas holidays might have once again shut down power supply in northern Ukraine during the weekend.

According to Ukrainian energy provider Ukrenergo, a cyber attack on Kyiv’s power grid may have caused the power outages in the country on Saturday, December 17, near midnight.

The blackout

Hackers Cause World's First Power Outage with Malware

SCADA system has always been an interesting target for cyber crooks, given the success of Stuxnet malware that was developed by the US and Israeli together to sabotage the Iranian nuclear facilities a few years ago, and “Havex” that previously targeted organizations in the energy sector.

Now once again, hackers have used highly destructive malware and infected, at least, three regional