breaking news! russia has the plans to operation black start! can now shut down the us power grid!

Russian hackers have accessed secret US blackout emergency plans

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Government officials are reportedly privately worried that Russia accessed secret US plans for restoring power if there is a major blackout across the country.


The Times reported that some officials are concerned that the SVR managed to access unclassified but delicate information from agencies including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Officials are concerned that hackers accessed Black Start, which is the detailed plans for how the US would restore power to the country if there was a major outage, during the months-long hack.

If that is the case, then the hackers could have a list of systems that it could target to stop the US from restoring power in the event of an outage, according to the Times.

In 2015, Russia shut off power in Ukraine for more than six hours in the height of winter, after undertaking an attack on three energy distribution companies, in the first known successful cyber attack on a power grid.