Russian Hackers Probing U.S. Energy Companies’ Networks, FBI Warns
The FBI warned energy partners that Russian hackers have been scanning the networks of at least five major companies. They have also seen activity in at least 18 other U.S. defense, financial services and IT firms in a possible prelude to destructive intrusions.
According to Politico, the bureau released an alert saying, while “scanning activity is common on a network,” the Russian IP addresses responsible for this scanning activity “are believed to be associated with cyber actors who previously conducted destructive cyber activity against foreign critical infrastructure.”