Английская Википедия:2015 Ukraine power grid hack
Шаблон:Short description On December 23, 2015, the power grid in two western oblasts of Ukraine was hacked, which resulted in power outages for roughly 230,000 consumers in Ukraine for 1-6 hours. The attack took place during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War (2014-present) and is attributed to a Russian advanced persistent threat group known as "Sandworm".[1] It is the first publicly acknowledged successful cyberattack on a power grid.[2]
Description
On 23 December 2015, hackers using the BlackEnergy 3 malware remotely compromised information systems of three energy distribution companies in Ukraine and temporarily disrupted the electricity supply to consumers. Most affected were consumers of Prykarpattyaoblenergo (Шаблон:Lang-uk; servicing Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast): 30 substations (7 110kv substations and 23 35kv substations) were switched off, and about 230,000 people were without electricity for a period from 1 to 6 hours.[3]
At the same time, consumers of two other energy distribution companies, Chernivtsioblenergo (Шаблон:Lang-uk; servicing Chernivtsi Oblast) and Kyivoblenergo (Шаблон:Lang-uk; servicing Kyiv Oblast) were also affected by a cyberattack, but at a smaller scale. According to representatives of one of the companies, attacks were conducted from computers with IP addresses allocated to the Russian Federation.[4]
Vulnerability
In 2019, it was argued that Ukraine was a special case, comprising unusually dilapidated infrastructure, a high level of corruption, the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and exceptional possibilities for Russian infiltration due to the historical links between the two countries.[5] The Ukrainian power grid was built when it was part of the Soviet Union, has been upgraded with Russian parts and (as of 2022), still not been fixed.Шаблон:Huh Russian attackers are as familiar with the software as operators. Furthermore, the timing of the attack during the holiday season guaranteed only a skeleton crew of Ukrainian operators were working (as shown in videos).[6]
Method
The cyberattack was complex and consisted of the following steps:[4]
- Prior compromise of corporate networks using spear-phishing emails with BlackEnergy malware
- Seizing SCADA under control, remotely switching substations off
- Disabling/destroying IT infrastructure components (uninterruptible power supplies, modems, RTUs, commutators)
- Destruction of files stored on servers and workstations with the KillDisk malware
- Denial-of-service attack on call-center to deny consumers up-to-date information on the blackout.
- Emergency power at the utility company’s operations center was switched off.[6]
In total, up to 73 MWh of electricity was not supplied (or 0.015% of daily electricity consumption in Ukraine).[4]
See also
- 2016 Kyiv cyberattack, which resulted in another power outage
- Ukrenergo, electricity transmission system operator in Ukraine
- 2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine
- Russian-Ukrainian cyberwarfare
- Cyberwarfare by Russia
- Vulkan files leak
References
Further reading
External links
- Adi Nae Gamliel (2017-10-6) "Securing Smart Grid and Advanced Metering Infrastructure".
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- ICS-CERT, [https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/ICSA-16-336-02)
- ICS-CERT, Cyber-Attack Against Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure (IR-ALERT-H-16-056-01)
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