Between Two Nerds: The internal logic of Russian power grid attacks

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In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss the recent Russian attack on Polish electricity infrastructure.

Show notes:

• ESET’s first report, https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/eset-research-sandworm-cyberattack-poland-power-grid-late-2025/
• ESET’s update report, https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/dynowiper-update-technical-analysis-attribution/
• CERT-PL report, https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/01/incident-report-energy-sector-2025/
• Dragos report, https://www.dragos.com/blog/poland-power-grid-attack-electrum-targets-distributed-energy-2025
• The Insider ‘Hidden Bear’ investigation https://theins.ru/en/inv/281731
• BTN 124, How Russia’s sabotage team got into hacking, https://risky.biz/BTN124/
• BTN 145, Russia’s cyber war on wheat, https://risky.biz/BTN145/