The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions on a Russian government research institution linked to a malware system "designed specifically to target and manipulate industrial safety systems" @AP
According to Treasury, the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) supported an August 2017 cyberattack involving the Triton malware on a petrochemical facility in the Middle East.
"TRITON malware was designed to disable the last line of protection in industrial systems making it possible for hackers with control of those systems to make things very dangerous," said John Hultquist, a senior director at FireEye.
"Without the safety systems that TRITON overruns, human life is in danger."
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