(Time) Russian hackers are switching their attention from disrupting American democratic processes and instead exploring ways to damage the country’s electrical grid, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
Speaking to the New York Times on the condition of anonymity, American agents said Russia’s military intelligence has infiltrated the control rooms of multiple U.S. power plants, giving them the ability to disrupt power flow across the country. Their efforts could allow Russian operatives to take control of elements of the grid remotely, though there is not yet any evidence that hackers attempted to take control of any facilities, as they did in Ukraine in 2015 and 2016.
