The massive cyberattack that crippled public transportation, the central bank, government offices, the state power distributor, and public firms in Ukraine on June 27 serves as a potent reminder of the havoc that can be unleashed by low-level actors, according to an Atlantic Council analyst.
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(FILES) This file photo taken on April 22, 2016 shows the 4th block of Chornobyl's Nuclear Power Plant (R) and Chornobyl's New Safe Confinement (L). The normal radiation monitoring system at Ukraine's Chornobyl plant has been taken offline due to a massive cyberattack, forcing employees to use hand-held counters to measure levels, officials said June 27. The station's Windows systems was turned off "due to the cyberattack", said Ukraine's agency in charge of the exclusion zone around the plant. A spokesman told AFP employees now "go out and measure the (radiation) levels with hand-held meters."
