Analysis of the Cyber Attack on the Ukrainian Power Grid

March 18, 2016

This is an analysis by a joint team to provide a lessons learned community resource from the cyber attack on the Ukrainian power grid. The document is being released as Traffic Light Protocol: White (TLP: White) and may be distributed without restriction, subject to copyright controls. This document, the Defense Use Case (DUC), summarizes important learning points and presents several mitigation ideas based on publicly available information on ICS incidents in Ukraine. The E-ISAC and SANS are providing a summary of the available information compiled from multiple publicly available sources as well as analysis performed by the SANS team in relation to this event.

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