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Russian Hacking Code Found In Vermont Utility Computer, DHS Releases Hacking Report

Friday, January 6th, 2017

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Late on the week of Dec. 26 the Burlington Electric Department in Vermont detected suspicious internet traffic in one laptop computer, with malware code used in recent Russian hacks of American government, political and private sector entities.The Vermont utility emphasized in a statement that the only computer infected with malware was not connected to the organization’s power grid systems and that it took action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials. There is no indications that the electric grid or Vermont…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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