Assessing the Threat: Russian Hackers and Canadian Energy Infrastructure
A leaked US intelligence assessment warns that Russian hackers have accessed a Canadian gas infrastructure company and received directions from Russian intelligence, which could provide a way to cause significant damage and possibly an explosion. Though no such major attacks have been found just yet, experts say they are an ever-present threat. The assessment illustrates both how the US worries about destructive hacks against Western energy infrastructure and how Russian intelligence can rely on domestic criminal hackers to work for them.