'Critical' Israel power grid attack was just boring ransomware

The SANS Institute has moved to quell reports that Israel's energy grid has been hit by malware, revealing instead that the attacks were ransomware infecting the nation's utility regulatory authority. Reports emerged after energy minister Dr Yuval Steinitz said a "severe" attack had hit the authority in what he reportedly …

[Anonymous Coward]

And in three,,,,two...one

"Reports emerged after energy minister Dr Yuval Steinitz said a "severe" attack had hit the authority"

And cue a knee jerk reaction resulting on an innocent bunch of people (the masses) being shit on from a great height.

[Mike_R]

He's only a politician

...and therefore does not have to have a clue as to what he is saying

Unfortunately.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ransomware infected the machines

Technically speaking, how did this ransomware get onto the computers in the first place?

[Alien8n]

Re: Ransomware infected the machines

Not sure if the story's been re-written, but:

"...new reporting shows that the cyber attack was simply ransomware delivered via phishing emails to the regulatory body's office network, and it appears it in no way endangered any infrastructure."

[Anonymous Coward]

In other words...

Idiot clicks on 'fuck me' link.

Not really news.

[Mark 85]

Re: In other words...

I thought the link actually was: "fuck me and anyone else that's on the same network/servers"?