The US Department of Homeland Security, which earlier this year warned of Russian nation-state hacking teams targeting energy and other critical infrastructure organizations, in a briefing this week provided more details on the attack campaign.. The Wall Street Journal reported that DHS officials said there were hundreds of victims: an increase from their original count of a few dozen targets who had been hacked by Dragonfly, aka Energetic Bear, via supply-chain attacks. The link for this article located at DarkReading is no longer available. . The US Department of Homeland Security discloses that numerous energy companies have fallen victim to coordinated cyber assaults attributed to Russian cybercriminals.. US Utilities Cyber Threats,Russian Hackers Dangers,Energy Sector Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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