A report from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security
warns of malware attacks targeting mainly nuclear power stations
and energy facilities. The attacks started in May of this year.
These attacks have received an "amber" terrorism
threat rating, the second highest threat rating available on the
Department of Homeland Security's advisory system, and thus far
appear to be credential spear phishing1 attacks
attempting to map infiltrated networks. The attackers targeted
employees at the affected energy organizations through phony
resumes with embedded malware and watering hole
attacks.2
Bloomberg reported that: "The chief suspect is Russia,
according to three people familiar with the continuing effort to
eject the hackers from the computer networks. One of those networks
belongs to an aging nuclear generating facility known as Wolf Creek
-- owned by Westar Energy Inc., Great Plains Energy Inc. and Kansas
Electric Power Cooperative Inc. -- on a lake shore near
