In the video below DAHBOO goes over the very disturbing WMD report showing that US power plants, along with other countries, including United States, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and Poland, all countries that are part of NATO, have been attacked by the "Dragonfly" virus and officials admit they cannot stop it nor protect against the vulnerability this malware has exposed.
The operators of this virus can not only monitor in real-time, but also disrupt and sabotage wind turbines, gas pipelines and power plants, with just a click of a mouse.
Via WMD:
According to Symantec, Dragonfly used two main malware tools – Backdoor Oldrea and Trojan Karagany. The former appears to be customized malware written for the attackers.
Eric Chien of Symantec’s Security Technology and Response Team told Bloomberg in an interview the type of access Dragonfly has indicates something more than snooping.
“When they do have that type of access, that motivation wouldn’t be for espionage,” Chien said. “When we look at where they’re at, we’re very concerned about sabotage.”
“The worst-case scenario would be that the systems get shut down,” Chien said. “You could see the power go out, for example, and there could be disruption in that sense.”
Perhaps this is why so many have been warning that a major attack against our power grid isn't a possibility, but a definite thing, it is only a question of when, not if.
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Cross posted at Before It's News