Symantec: Cyber espionage group targets energy sector

The energy sector in North America and Europe is being targeted by a re-emerging cyber espionage ring known as Dragonfly, a new report from Symantec reveals, with the group becoming more active this year after several years of inactivity.

“The Dragonfly group appears to be interested in both learning how energy facilities operate and also gaining access to operational systems themselves, to the extent that the group now potentially has the ability to sabotage or gain control of these systems...