The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has blocked Russian special services’ attempt to penetrate a computer network of a chlorine distribution plant located in the settlement of July, Dnipropetrovsk region.
The facility is part of the country’s critical infrastructure, the SBU reported July 11. “Specialists of the cybersecurity service established that within a few minutes the enterprise’s process control system and that for detecting emergencies were deliberately struck from the Russian territory by a VPN Filter computer virus,” the SBU wrote on Facebook.
“The cyber attack could lead to a breakdown in technological processes and a possible accident. The aggressor intended to block sustainable operations at the station supplying to sewage stations across Ukraine liquid chlorine for water purification. In close cooperation with the company’s top management, we managed to prevent a potential technogenic disaster,” the agency said, reports by Ukrainska Pravda.
