Federal officials, electric sector focus on info-sharing amid reports of Russian cyber weapon

The electric sector and government partners are focused on sharing cyber threat intelligence to enhance defenses against a newly reported cyber weapon, allegedly developed by entities close to the Russian government, that could be used to disrupt the American electric grid and other utilities.

Hackers allied with the Russian government have created a cyber weapon – the “CrashOverride” malware – based on a cyber exploit used to bring down the Ukrainian power grid last year, The Washington Post reported...