What You Need to Know About Russian Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

Homeland Security Today: The U.S. government has released an important cybersecurity alert that confirms Russian government cyberattacks are targeting energy and other critical infrastructure sectors in the United States.

While there has recently been a significant rise in cyberattacks and threats in the critical infrastructure industries, up to now we’ve only been able to speculate on who the actors are, or what their motives may be. In this case the threat actor and their strategic intent have been clearly confirmed within this U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) alert, something the U.S. government rarely does publicly.

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