Kremlin Warns of Cyberwar After Report of U.S. Hacking Into Russian Power Grid

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/world/europe/russia-us-cyberwar-grid.html

By Ivan Nechepurenko
The New York Times
June 17, 2019

MOSCOW -- The Kremlin warned on Monday that reported American hacking into 
Russia’s electric power grid could escalate into a cyberwar with the United 
States, but insisted that it was confident in the system’s ability to repel 
electronic attacks.

Dmitri S. Peskov, President Vladimir V. Putin’s spokesman, also raised concerns 
that President Trump was reportedly not informed about the effort, which was 
the subject of a New York Times report on Saturday that detailed an elaborate 
system of cybertools deployed by the United States inside Russia’s energy 
system and other targets.

The program, as described by current and former unidentified American 
officials, would enable an attack on the Russian power grid in the event of a 
major conflict between Moscow and Washington.

It was deployed, the Times reported, after years of public warnings from 
American security agencies about similar aggressive actions conducted by 
Russia. “This information means that there is a hypothetical possibility” of 
cyberwarfare against Russia, Mr. Peskov said.

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