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title: "Hacker Causes Big Power Outage In Ukraine | Hacked"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/hacker-causes-big-power-outage-in-ukraine-hacked/"
date: "2016-01-06T01:38:38+00:00"
section: "Identity Theft"
tags:
  - "Data Breach"
  - "Identity Theft"
source: "hacked.com"
source_url: "https://hacked.com/hacker-causes-big-power-outage-ukraine/"
---

# Hacker Causes Big Power Outage In Ukraine | Hacked

January 6, 2016 · Reported by hacked.com

> Three regional Ukraine power authorities suffered a malware attack that caused hundreds of thousands of homes to lose power last week, according to ArsTechnica. Nearly half the homes in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region lost power, according to the Ukrainian news service TSN on Dec. 23, one day following the failure. The malware disconnected electrical substations.

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**Tags:** [Data Breach](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/data-breach/) · [Identity Theft](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/identity-theft/)