Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for dam sabotage in April

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The head of the Nordic country’s-intelligence agency says Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/technology/norway-spy-chief-blames-russian-hackers-april-dam-sabotage/

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00:00The head of the Nordic country's intelligence agency says Russian hackers briefly took control

00:06of a dam in Norway earlier this year. This is the first time Oslo has officially attributed

00:11the cyber attack to its neighbor. The hackers opened a floodgate and released 500 liters or

00:17332 gallons of water per second for four hours before the attack was detected and stopped. No

00:23one was injured during the attack. Norway gets most of its electricity from hydropower dams,

00:28and its intelligence agency has warned about possible attacks on its energy system.

00:32Norway's PST security police agency head Beate Gangas says, quote,

00:37the aim of this type of operation is to influence and to cause fear and chaos among the general

00:41population. Our Russian neighbor has become more dangerous. Meantime, the Russian embassy

00:46in Oslo says Gangas's claims were, quote, unfounded and politically motivated.

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