Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-04-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Large Ukrainian energy provider
Affected country: Ukraine
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: GRU Main Special Center for Special Technologies (Unit 74455) (SANDWORM)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Researchers from ESET and the Computer Emergency Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) reveal that the Russian state-sponsored hacking Sandworm, tried to to take down a large Ukrainian energy provider via a new wiper malware called Industroyer2.