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Hacking: Hackers Have Attacked Foreign Utilities, CIA Analyst Says

January 22, 2008 by Shanmuga  
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malware-help0010-12-jan-08.jpg"In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst this week said cyber attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in at least one case causing a power outage that affected multiple cities.

"We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet," Tom Donahue, the CIA’s top cybersecurity analyst, said Wednesday at a trade conference in New Orleans." - Content courtesy of Hackers Have Attacked Foreign Utilities, CIA Analyst Says - washingtonpost.com

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