Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
April 14, 2022
Srsly Risky Biz: Thursday April 14
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Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren, edited by Patrick Gray and supported by the Cyber Initiative at the Hewlett Foundation, AustCyber and founding corporate sponsors CyberCX and Proofpoint.
State coordinated cyber attacks targeting power infrastructure in Ukraine and India are, at first glance, alarming. However, the campaign targeting Ukraine appears to have failed and the preparatory activity targeting India was so noisy it might actually wind up driving meaningfully improved defences there, too. Let's dive in:
Ukraine's CERT announced that it had thwarted a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Victor Zhora, a top Ukrainian cybersecurity official, said in a Zoom press conference that the malware caused some disruption in one facility, but no customers lost power.