Ngo-Okthobha ka-2020, iSebe lezeMali laseMelika labhengeza izohlwayo ezitsha kwiziko lophando laseRussia ekutyholwa ukuba lingundoqo kuphuhliso lweTriton, uhlobo lwe-malware olusetyenziselwa ukuhlasela izixhobo zemizi-mveliso. Iziko lophando laziwa ngokuba liZiko loPhando likaRhulumente leRussian Federation Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics okanye CNIIHM.
Ingxelo ye-Oktobha 2018 evela kwi-FireEye ngaphambili ichonge i-CNIIHM njengombhali onokwenzeka we-Triton isoftwe. I-Triton, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Trisis okanye i-HatMan, i-malware eyenzelwe ukujolisa kwiinkqubo zolawulo lwamashishini, ngokukodwa, i-Schneider Electric Triconex Safety Instrumented System okanye (SIS) abalawuli.
Eli phulo lamva nje lisasazwe ngohlaselo lobuqhetseba. Nje ukuba ikhutshelwe, i-Triton ikhangela abalawuli be-SIS kuthungelwano lwexhoba emva koko izame ukulungisa useto lwesilawuli. I-Triton inokuthi ivale inkqubo yokuvelisa okanye ivumele oomatshini abalawulwa yi-SIS ukuba basebenze ngendlela engakhuselekanga, enokuthi ibangele uqhushumbo kwaye ibeke ubomi babasebenzisi bomntu emngciphekweni.
I-Triton iBandakanywe kuKuqhushumba okukufutshane kwi-Saudi Petrochemical Plant
I-Triton yaqala ukubonakala emva kokuba isetyenziswe ngempumelelo kwi-2017 ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kwesityalo saseSaudi petrochemical apho iphantse yabangela ukuqhuma. Izohlwayo zeSebe likaNondyebo zithintela amaziko ase-US ekuzibandakanyeni ne-CNIIHM kwaye ivumela urhulumente wase-US ukuba athabathe naziphi na ii-asethi ezise-US zeziko lophando.
"Urhulumente waseRashiya uyaqhubeka ebandakanyeka kwimisebenzi eyingozi ye-cyber ejoliswe eUnited States kunye namaqabane ethu," kusho uNobhala uSteven T. Mnuchin. "Olu Lawulo luza kuqhubeka nokukhusela ngokungqongqo iziseko ezingundoqo zase-United States kuye nabani na ozama ukusiphazamisa."
Nangona i-US ithatha indawo enzima eRussia ngaphezulu kweTriton, abantu baya kukhumbula ukuba i-US yaba ngoovulindlela ngokuchasene neenkqubo zemizi mveliso ngokusasazwa kwe-malware ye-Stuxnet ngokuchasene nenkqubo yenyukliya yase-Iran ngo-2010, abantu abaninzi abacinga ukuba ngumzekelo wokuqala we-cyberwarfare exhaswa ngurhulumente. .
Ukuba usenengxaki, cinga ngokuqhagamshelana iinketho zenkxaso yobugcisa ekude.