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 ...

A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by President Barack Obama's administration has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to U.S. officials. While the Russians did not actively use the ...

Russian hackers appear to have placed malicious software — or malware — on at least one computer at Burlington Electric, a power company in Burlington, Vermont. On Friday, the utility said in a statement that it “detected the malware in a single ...

Cyberattacks that have knocked out electric utilities in Ukraine, including one suspected hack earlier this month, have renewed concern that computer criminals could take down portions of the U.S. power grid. That fear was underscored this week when ...

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 ...

Over 20,000 Vermonters receive power from the Burlington Electric Department, and officials say none of their customers data was compromised after malware was discovered on an employee's laptop. "Something we take extremely seriously, and all utilities ...

The Burlington Electric Department has confirmed that malware from Russian hackers was found in one of their computers. The Washington Post first reported Friday night about a breach of the U.S. electric grid through a utility in Vermont. The newspaper ...

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 story published by The Washington Post Friday claims Russia hacked the electrical grid in Vermont. This caused hysteria on social media but has been denied by a spokesman for a Vermont utility company. The Post story was titled, “Russian hackers ...