{"id":97132,"date":"2020-10-24T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-cracks-down-on-russian-institute-for-computer-attack\/"},"modified":"2020-10-24T22:59:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:59:02","slug":"us-cracks-down-on-russian-institute-for-computer-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-cracks-down-on-russian-institute-for-computer-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"#US cracks down on Russian institute for computer attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#US cracks down on Russian institute for computer attack<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/russian-attack.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        US officials have imposed sanctions on a Russian government-backed research institute that developed a computer system able to cause massive industrial damage from afar.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury officials contend the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics institute \u2014 also known by its Russian acronym, TsNIIKhM \u2014 built \u201ccustomized tools that enabled the attack\u201d on an unidentified Middle Eastern petrochemical facility in 2017, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-russia-sanctions\/u-s-sanctions-russian-institute-linked-to-dangerous-malware-idUSKBN2782JZ\">Reuters reported Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Researchers disclosed the attack in the same year, alarming experts. Unlike hacking or holding data for ransom, the attack <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to disable the plant\u2019s safety system, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Those responsible for the malware checked out at least 20 electric utilities in the US for potential vulnerabilities, Treasury officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia accused the Treasury officials of lying and criticized the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cWe emphasize once again the illegitimacy of any one-sided restrictions,\u201d Anatoly Antonov, Russia\u2019s ambassador to the US, said on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. \u201cRussia, unlike the United States, does not conduct offensive operations in cyber domain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/24\/us-cracks-down-on-russian-institute-for-computer-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#US cracks down on Russian institute for computer attack&#8221; US officials have imposed sanctions on a Russian government-backed research institute that developed a computer system able to cause massive industrial damage from afar. Treasury officials contend the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics institute \u2014 also known by its Russian acronym, TsNIIKhM \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/russian-attack.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[75857,77017,4975,73809],"class_list":["post-97132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-malware","tag-10-24-20","tag-russia","tag-treasury-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}