Chinese hackers have control of US power grid

The company whose software and services remotely administers and monitor large sections of the US energy industry began warning customers about a sophisticated hacker attack. The attackers installed malicious software and stole project files related to one of its core offerings — OASyS SCADA — a product that helps energy firms mesh older IT assets with more advanced “smart grid” technologies. Telvent Canada said the attack happened on September the 10th. According to KrebsOnSecurity.com, the company does not think that the intruders got any information that would enable them to gain access to a customer system or that any of the compromised computers have been connected to a customer system. Comment Group has been involved in sophisticated attacks to harvest intellectual property and trade secrets from energy companies, patent law firms and investment banks.