Russian military hackers tried to disrupt an energy provider in the country, but were unsuccessful. The CERT-UA claims it was able to stop the attempt to gain access to the computers and wipe the files on them. That would have stopped the infrastructure of the provider. The company that provides power to customers in a populated area is said to be in question. Russia has been blamed for previous cyberattacks on the power infrastructure of Ukraine. Sandworm, a purported wing of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, caused power to be lost to some residents of the capital city of Kyiv. Sandworm was behind the latest attempt, according to a cybersecurity company. Sandworm is said to have used a new version of the Industroyer malware to shut down the power grid in Ukraine. The attempted attack was in the works for at least two weeks. Viktor Zhora, a cybersecurity official in the country, said that Microsoft helped fight off the hackers. According to CNBC, Zhora said that the attackers gained access to some systems but were snuffed out before anyone lost electricity.
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