African Electric Utility Targeted With DroxiDat Malware

Attack Underscores Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
Russian-speaking ransomware hackers may be responsible for deploying malware onto the network of an electric utility in southern Africa in an attack researchers say underscores heightened risks of industrial ransomware attacks. An unknown actor deployed a variant of SystemBC malware dubbed DroxiDat.

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