Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield
August 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Sinopec's Shengli Oilfield says it will cut its Internet connection for some of its offices after a ransomware attacked 21 of its Internet terminals.
Ireland's Electricity Supply Board
July 15, 2017
•[ espionage, phishing, energy ]
The Times reveals that hackers backed by the Russian government have targeted the Republic of Ireland's energy sector, and aimed to infiltrate control systems. This would have given them the power to knock out parts of the grid in Northern Ireland. The attackers sent phishing emails to senior engineers at Ireland's Electricity Supply Board.
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
June 30, 2017
•[ hack, phishing, energy ]
A threat actor targeted employees of companies that operate nuclear power plants in the United States, which prompted the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to issue an alert to the industry. An administrative network of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation was compromised.
Energy networks of the Baltic states
May 11, 2017
•[ espionage, energy ]
Reuters reports that suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states.
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
Sunrun
January 27, 2017
•[ social, phishing, energy ]
Solar panel maker Sunrun is hit with a spearphishing attack, impersonating the CEO Lynn Jurich, that gets away with the company employee W-2 information.
Turkish Energy Ministry
December 31, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
Sources from the Energy Ministry claim that a major cyber-attack is the source of the widespread electricity cuts across Istanbul.
Ukrenergo
December 16, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
Ukraine investigates a suspected cyber attack on Kyiv's power grid at the weekend, the latest in a series of strikes on its energy and financial infrastructure.
Two properties in the city of Lappeenranta
November 7, 2016
•[ hack, ddos, energy ]
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack halted heating distribution in at least two properties in the city of Lappeenranta, located in eastern Finland. In both of the events the attacks disabled the computers that were controlling heating in the buildings.
Unnamed German nuclear power plant
October 10, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Yukiya Amano, a nuclear power plant became the target of a disruptive cyber attack two to three years ago.
National Oil Corporation of Kenya
May 30, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
World Hacker team hacks the National Oil Corporation of Kenya and posted a link online containing the database dump.
Wesizwe
June 3, 2016
•[ leak, energy ]
In name of #OpAfrica, the Anonymous dump online data claimed to come from a database obtained from Wesizwe.
Goldcorp
April 26, 2016
•[ leak, energy ]
Hackers breach Goldcorp and leak a 14.8 GB torrent containing personal information.
Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL)
April 25, 2016
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) announces last week a cyber-attack that partially shut down some of its services following what looks like an unconfirmed ransomware incident.
RWE Gundremmingen plant
April 26, 2016
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
A nuclear power plant in Germany is found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility's operations because it is isolated from the Internet.
Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited
March 29, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
As part of their #OpAfrica, the Anonymous deface (rickroll) the website of Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited.
Solar UK Ltd
February 28, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
Hackers from Cyber Caliphate supporting the Islamic State group deface Solar UK Ltd. a small solar energy company, in revenge for a drone strike which killed Junaid Hussain.
Kankakee Valley REMC
February 16, 2016
•[ hack, misconfiguration, energy ]
Kankakee Valley REMC falls victim to a possible breach, due to the access of a storage device on the cooperative's network from a foreign IP.
Israel's Electric Authority
January 26, 2016
•[ hack, energy ]
The Israeli Energy Minister reveals that Israel's Electric Authority is currently targeted by a severe cyber-attack.
Prykarpattiaoblenergo
December 23, 2015
•[ hack, malware, energy ]
The Ukrainian government blames power outages in western Ukraine on hacker attacks by Russian special services. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), malware has been found in the networks of some utilities. Moreover, these malware intrusions coincided with a non-stop telephone flood at utility plants and technical support departments, according to local reports.
