Researchers say that hackers linked to Russia have shut off heat to 600 Ukrainian apartment buildings during the winter.
Dragos, a cybersecurity firm, has identified malware capable of targeting industrial control systems (ICS) and causing them to engage in harmful actions such as shutting off heating and hot water. According to TechCrunch, this malware, known as FrostyGoop, was responsible for a recent incident in Lviv, Ukraine, where over 600 apartment buildings experienced a two-day loss of heat during freezing temperatures. Dragos says FrostyGoop is only the ninth known piece of malware designed to target industrial controllers. It is also the first to focus on Modbus, a widely used communications…
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