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US states, leery of Russia malware, re-examine cybersecurity


Malware code linked to Russian hackers and found on a Vermont electric utility’s computer. Photo: AP
BURLINGTON, VERMONT: Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility’s laptop was found to contain malware US officials say is linked to Russian hackers.
The Burlington Electric Department, one of Vermont’s two largest electric utilities, confirmed Friday it had found on one of its laptops the malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name the US government has given to malicious cyber activity by Russian civilian and military intelligence services.
A Burlington Electric Department spokesman …read more

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