UKRAINE AIRPORT DISCOVERS MALWARE ATTACK – SAYS RUSSIA MAYBE TO BLAME
February 1st, 2016
UKRAINE authorities have admitted detecting a malware attack on IT systems at the country’s Kiev Boryspil International Airport, with its government claiming Russian hackers could have been to blame. A communiqué from Boryspil said a virus linked to Trojan programme Black Energy was discovered on an operational computer. It was “quickly found and localised…to avoid damage to data,” said the note.The Trojan was linked to an attack on Ukraine power systems in December. Noting that the incident was reported to the Ukraine government’s Computer Emergency ...
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