The hackers are accused of causing two separate emergency shutdowns at an energy facility in Saudi Arabia due to cyber attacks.
Among the attacks was one targeting a petro-chemical plant in Saudi Arabia with malware"designed specifically to target the planet's safety override" according to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
NCSC added it was"almost certain" that hackers belonging to Centre 16 of Russia's Federal Security Service - the successor organisation to the KGB - were behind numerous hacking campaigns. Although the hackers hadn't been detected carrying out disruptive attacks, they have been seen burrowing"into sensitive critical infrastructure for some future contingency," he said.
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