Who is NPC Ukrenergo? NPC Ukrenergo is a power company respon- sible for operational and technological control of the Ukrainian energy system and electric- ity transmission from generating plants to the distribution networks of the regional electric- ity suppliers. The company network includes eight regional power systems, covering the entire territory of Ukraine and employing over 8,000 people. National Power Outage Following Cyberattack A so-called BlackEnergy cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid took place in December 2015 and is considered to be the first known successful cyberattack on a power grid. Hackers were able to successfully compromise information systems of three energy distribu- tion companies in Ukraine and temporarily disrupt electricity supply to 230,000 end

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