The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the Connecticut River as seen from the New Hampshire side of the river January 5, 2004 in Vernon, Vermont.
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility’s laptop was found to contain malware U.S. officials say is linked to Russian hackers.
U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russian hacking units often use other people’s computer networks to “hide their malicious activity,” CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports. Newly declassified documents show that U.S. investigators suspect that Russian intelligence services have access to compromised computer infrastructure in as many as 60 countries.