- 1 - ©2019 Dragos, Inc. Foreword Electric utilities are an integral component of critical infrastructure, and as such, are unique targets for adversaries who aim to disrupt their operations and the day- to-day lives of people who depend on them. The interconnectivity between IT and OT networks continues to grow– expanding attack surfaces within electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) environments–and introducing new threats and compromises previously not visible to organizations. For example, the first malware framework designed and deployed to attack electric grids (CRASHOVERRIDE) occurred in Kiev, Ukraine in 2016, which targeted a transmission substation and resulted in electric grid operations impact. 1 More recently–as reported by the Dragos Intelligenc

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