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Israel Power Grid Hit By ‘Severe’ Cyberattack

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 13:30
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‘Severe’ Cyberattack In Israel Takes Down Power Grid Computers

The computers that control Israel’s power grid were shut down this week by a cyberattack in what Israel Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz called a “severe” attack.

“We had to paralyze many of the computers of the Israeli Electricity Authority,” Steinitz acknowledged Tuesday in a speech at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv. “We are handling the situation and I hope that soon, this very serious event will be over … but as of now, computer systems are still not working as they should.”

Authorities did not say who was behind the attack, nor did they name the cyber weapon used in the assault, The Times of Israel reported. It came during a week when temperatures at night were near-freezing.

The attack is significant because Israel is among the world’s leaders in cyber security.

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This is the second major cyberattack on an electricity grid in recent week. On December 23, malware known as Black Energy succeeded in shutting off electricity to half the homes in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region. Some grid experts blamed that attack on hackers in Russia.

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Israel has been hit by a number of major cyberattacks over the past two years, The Times of Israel reported.

Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/israel-power-grid-hit-by-severe-cyberattack/

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