Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-07-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ireland's Electricity Supply Board
Affected country: Ireland
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Times reveals that hackers backed by the Russian government have targeted the Republic of Ireland's energy sector, and aimed to infiltrate control systems. This would have given them the power to knock out parts of the grid in Northern Ireland. The attackers sent phishing emails to senior engineers at Ireland's Electricity Supply Board.