Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
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Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#2For what purpose? Cui bono?
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#3For what purpose? Cui bono?
Russia is at war with Europe.
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#4For what purpose? Cui bono?
Poland is a major logistical hub for everything going towards Ukraine. Thus targeting basic infrastructure like energy grid or railroad have to be expected.
On the bright side, using these weapon grade malware is burning exploits and also showing current state and techniques of Russian cyberwarfare which defender can learn a lot from.
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#5If you're looking for what the damage was, it failed.
Potential damage: "Most notable was one [attack] in Ukraine in December 2015. It left roughly 230,000 people without electricity for about six hours during one of the coldest months of the year."
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#6For what purpose? Cui bono?
The most obvious answer is Russia(or one of their allies like China or Iran) did it because Poland is supporting Ukraine in the war (directly, and also indirectly by letting stuff from other countries be staged and move through Poland).
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#7For what purpose? Cui bono?
Russia is at war with Europe.
before anyone jumps on the pedantry bandwagon, its worth noting that even though open war hasn’t been called: the attacks on infrastructure especially cyber warfare is extremely active and, crucially, direct.
It is totally fair to say that in a digital context, Russia is absolutely at war with Europe.
As far as I can tell, they don’t even try to hide it.
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Russia is at war with Europe.
before anyone jumps on the pedantry bandwagon, its worth noting that even though open war hasn’t been called: the attacks on infrastructure especially cyber warfare is extremely active and, crucially, direct. It is totally fair to say that in a digital context, Russia is absolutely at war with Europe. As far as I can tell, they don’t even try to hide it.
Not to mention the information war they have been waging globally since 2016
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Russia is at war with Europe.
before anyone jumps on the pedantry bandwagon, its worth noting that even though open war hasn’t been called: the attacks on infrastructure especially cyber warfare is extremely active and, crucially, direct. It is totally fair to say that in a digital context, Russia is absolutely at war with Europe. As far as I can tell, they don’t even try to hide it.
What I am starting to appreciate about these digital infrastructure attacks is that they may be reversible and or temporary. It can be a nice feature.
Re: Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
#10For what purpose? Cui bono?
Russia is at war with Europe.
Does Europe overall feel and act like that’s the case though?
It seems as if the European war has been pushed to the background recently, and most people kind of forgot about it. If you walk down the streets of Paris or Berlin does it look like it’s wartime, do people talk about it much, do they share the latest front news and so on?