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Russian hacking code found in US power utility computer
Published Sun, Jan 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Washington
A COMPUTER code connected to Russian cyberattacks by US intelligence agencies has been found in a laptop computer at a Vermont electric utility, a development that emerged a day after the Obama administration hit Russia with sanctions for hacking during last year's US election.
The laptop wasn't connected to the power grid at the time, the Burlington Electric Department said in a …
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