Hackers hit power company again

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Hackers hit power company again

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http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01 ... newsletter

the Ukrainian power authorities were infected using booby-trapped macro functions embedded in Microsoft Office documents. If true, it's distressing that industrial control systems used to supply power to millions of people could be infected using such a simple social-engineering ploy.
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