Russia’s Center 16 hits Europe’s grid, signaling expansion of its cyber warfare
Poland’s grid outages in December were linked to Center 16, an FSB unit tied to Russia’s Sandworm, marking a rare destructive operation and a shift from espionage to sabotage as Moscow widens its cyber campaign beyond Ukraine into Europe; attackers used OT-focused methods and a wiper called Dynowiper to erase logs, signaling broader threats to critical infrastructure including energy, satellites, and undersea cables.