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Russians Called out for ICS Security Attacks

The Russian government has been called out (and sanctioned) by the U.S. Government for developing cyber weapons targeting industrial systems with the intent to kill. These same actors have been surveilling US infrastructure. Dragos, the leaders in ICS Security and one of our portfolio companies, has been at the forefront of the research on this attack (and attackers) from the beginning and was material to the efforts leading to these sanctions. We are honored to working with Rob Lee and his outstanding team of world-class cyber defenders.

The sanctions are “a very significant move by the U.S. government,” said Robert M. Lee, a co-founder of Dragos, a cybersecurity firm that, like Mandiant, identified the malware. “It’s a good norm-setting moment. It’s a signal to say, ‘Hands off’ of industrial control equipment.”

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icssecurity, cybersecurity, dragos, russiancybersanctions