Exclusive - Hackers may have wider access to Ukrainian industrial facilities


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Jan 2016

KIEV (Reuters) - Hackers were able to attack four sections of Ukraine's power grid with malware late last year because of basic security lapses and they could take down other industrial facilities at any time, a consultant to government investigators said.

Three power cuts reported in separate areas of western and central Ukraine in late December were the first known electrical outages caused by cyber attacks, causing consternation among businesses and officials around the world.

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