Russia Targets U.S. & Western LNG Plants with Computer Malware

Last Wednesday four federal government agencies, including the Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) bulletin to warn about the discovery of a highly sophisticated and effective system to attack industrial facilities. The computer malware, called Pipedream, includes the ability to cause explosions at plants, specifically including (targeted at) LNG facilities. While the four agencies don't finger a likely suspect for creating and propagating the malware, private security experts say it likely came from Russia.

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