BURLINGTON, Vt. — Federal investigators have found no information suggesting this city's electric utility was specifically targeted after Burlington officials found malicious software linked to Russian hackers on a department laptop, the utility's ...

The response to news that a Vermont electric utility found malware associated with Russian hacking on a utility laptop has been fairly predictable: forceful denunciations from local and federal officials and support for President Obama's sanctions ...

(CNN) - The indicators from the malicious software found on a Burlington Electric Company laptop match those on malware found in the Democratic National Committee computers that the US government has blamed on Russians, the Department of ...

Malicious software tied to Russian intelligence agencies has been found on a computer of a small electric utility in northern Vermont, raising concerns of Russian attempts to interfere with critical infrastructure as well as the 2016 presidential race ...

An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops. The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken "immediate action to isolate" the computer, which was ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Malware code linked to Russian hackers and found on a Vermont electric utility's computer is further evidence of "predatory" steps taken by that country against the U.S., a Vermont Democratic congressman said Saturday. The Burlington ...

FILE - Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., pictured on Capitol Hill in March 2015, says the malware discovery by a Vermont electric utility further proved that Russian computer hacking has been "systematic, relentless and predatory." Share. Share on Facebook ...

“We took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials of this finding.” 12/31/2016 12:24 pm ET. 470. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow ...

Federal authorities see no signs that hackers breached Vermont's electric grid using suspected Russian malware that infected a power company's laptop, the Department of Homeland Security said tonight. "While our analysis continues, we currently have no ...

A Vermont public electric utility company said it detected on one of its laptops malware that the U.S. government has linked to Russian hackers. The Burlington Electric Department said the discovery came after utilities were alerted by the Department ...

A Vermont electricity provider said it found malware linked to an alleged Russian campaign to hack political entities in a laptop, after U.S. utilities were warned about the "Grizzly Steppe" affiliated code by the federal government. The infected ...

Malware that has been linked to Russian hackers was discovered in a Vermont power-utility laptop, raising fears about the vulnerability of the U.S. power grid. The code was connected to the hacking operation that has been dubbed Grizzly Steppe, which ...

The Washington Post failed to contact the utility company that reported malware in one laptop ahead of publishing its report that a U.S. electric grid in Vermont was breached by Russian hackers, The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald reports, putting the ...

You may have read or seen on social media a Washington Post story published Friday which claimed that Russian hackers had hacked the U.S. power system via an electrical grid in Vermont. SEE ALSO: What we do and don't know about Russia's ...

Well, the media has done it again. Their eagerness to report on Russian hacking exceeded their desire to read all the details. On Friday, The Washington Post reported that Russia had compromised the U.S. power grid through a utility company in Vermont, ...

Computer code associated with a Russian hacking effort was found at a Vermont utility but wasn't used to disrupt its operations, according to a report late Friday. The penetration of Burlington Electric Department may have been a test to see whether ...

Amid all the inflated headlines about Russian “hacking” of the U.S., the Washington Post was forced to retool an article that falsely claimed a Vermont power plant was hacked by Russian hackers. Late on Friday, December 30, the Post broke a story ...

Apparent links to Russian-based hackers on a Burlington Electric Department computer were discovered Friday as part of ongoing, routine vigilance, according to general manager, Neale Lunderville. Lunderville said Saturday that evidence of internet ...

The Washington Post on Friday reported a genuinely alarming event: Russian hackers have penetrated the U.S. power system through an electrical grid in Vermont. The Post headline conveyed the seriousness of the threat: The first sentence of the article ...

Computer code connected to Russian cyberattacks by U.S. intelligence agencies has been found in a laptop computer at a Vermont electric utility, a development that emerged a day after the Obama administration hit Russia with sanctions for hacking ...

A Russian hacking group, suspected of trying to influence the U.S. presidential election, struck Burlington Electric, one of Vermont's electrical utilities, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Malware was found at the utility in a ...

A Vermont utility sounded the alarm after finding malware code on a laptop that the FBI and DHS had touted as associated with Russian hackers. However, cybersecurity specialists say the code came from an outdated Ukrainian hacking tool. On Thursday ...

A code associated with Russian hacking has been detected in a Vermont utility system, the Washington Post is reporting. According to the report, Russians did not use the code to disrupt operations, though the penetration of the nation's electrical grid ...

(Newser) – First, the presidential election. Next ... Vermont's electricity? Officials say hackers connected to Russian efforts to influence the election also targeted Burlington Electric, where malware was found after federal authorities released code ...