By Natalia Zinets | KIEV KIEV State-sponsored Russian hackers are using a new type of virus designed to attack critical Ukrainian infrastructure such as the power grid and financial system, a senior Ukrainian state security official said on Wednesday.Called “telebots”, the new viruses are not like ordinary malware, designed for example to steal personal data, but are tailor-made to attack specific institutions, Oleksandr Tkachuk, Ukraine’s security service chief of staff, said at a televised news conference. Tkachuk said the attacks were orchestrated by the Russian security service in collusion with private software companies and criminal hackers, and looked like they …read more
Source: Firstpost
