Report: Russia Now Has A Cyberweapon That Can Disrupt U.S. Power Grids

Mother Russia is on the march. Kremlin-backed hackers now have the ability to disrupt U.S. power grids that supply energy to thousands of Americans.

“The malware, which researchers have dubbed CrashOverride, is known to have disrupted only one energy system — in Ukraine in December,” reports The Washington Post. “In that incident, the hackers briefly shut down one-fifth of the electric power generated in Kiev. But with modifications, it could be deployed against U.S. electric transmission and distribution systems to devastating effect, said Sergio Caltagirone, director of threat intelligence for Dragos, a cybersecurity firm that studied the malware and issued a report Monday.”