US intelligence says Russia could launch cyber-attacks on the West. What is the worst-case scenario?
Nearly exactly a year later another cyber-attack known as IndustroyerThe US and EU named and blamed Russian military hackers for the attacks.
"However, no cyber-attack against a power grid has resulted in an extended interruption of power supply. Executing cyber-attacks on complex engineering systems in a reliable way is extremely difficult and achieving a prolonged damaging effect is sometimes impossible due to in-built protections." "It might sound far-fetched, but critical infrastructure often depends on connected technologies just as much as every other part of our modern lives and we have seen the potential for that with the impact of the WannaCry on UK hospitals."
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