US authorities have been monitoring the activity for months, which they initially detailed in a confidential June report first reported by Reuters. That document, which was privately distributed to firms at risk of attacks, described a narrower set of activity focusing on the nuclear, energy and critical manufacturing sectors. He said the report appears to describe groups working in the interests of the Russian government, though he declined to elaborate. The report said that hackers have succeeded in infiltrating some targets, including at least one energy generator, and conducting reconnaissance on their networks. Government agencies and energy firms have previously declined to identify any of the victims in the attacks described in June's confidential report.

Source: bd News24 October 21, 2017 17:26 UTC