Ngo-Okthoba ka-2020, uMnyango Wezezimali wase-US wamemezela unswinyo olusha esikhungweni socwaningo saseRussia okusolwa ukuthi sibe ukhiye ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Triton, uhlobo oluyi-malware olusetshenziswa ukuhlasela imishini yezimboni. Isikhungo socwaningo saziwa ngokuthi i-State Research Center ye-Russian Federation Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics noma i-CNIIHM.
Umbiko ka-Okthoba 2018 ovela ku-FireEye ngaphambilini uhlonze i-CNIIHM njengombhali okungenzeka ukuthi abhale i-Triton I-malware. I-Triton, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Trisis noma i-HatMan, iwuhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha oluklanyelwe ukukhomba amasistimu okulawula izimboni, ikakhulukazi, izilawuli ze-Schneider Electric Triconex Safety Instrumented System noma (SIS).
Lo mkhankaso wakamuva usatshalaliswe ngokuhlaselwa kobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi. Uma isilandiwe, i-Triton isesha izilawuli ze-SIS kunethiwekhi yesisulu bese izama ukulungisa izilungiselelo zesilawuli. I-Triton ingase ivale inqubo yokukhiqiza noma ivumele imishini elawulwa yi-SIS ukuthi isebenze ngendlela engaphephile, engase ibangele ukuqhuma futhi ibeke izimpilo zabasebenzisi abangabantu engozini.
I-Triton Ibandakanyeke Ekuqhumeni Okuseduze eSaudi Petrochemical Plant
I-Triton iqale yabonwa ngemuva kokuthi isetshenziswe ngempumelelo ngo-2017 ngesikhathi ihlaselwa imboni yaseSaudi petrochemical lapho icishe yabangela ukuqhuma. Izijeziso zoMnyango Wezezimali zivimbela amabhizinisi ase-US ukuthi axhumane ne-CNIIHM futhi ivumela uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi ashaqe noma yiziphi izimpahla ezisekelwe e-US zesikhungo socwaningo.
"Uhulumeni waseRussia uyaqhubeka nokuzibandakanya emisebenzini eyingozi ye-cyber ehloselwe i-United States kanye nabalingani bethu," kusho uNobhala uSteven T. Mnuchin. "Lokhu kuPhatha kuzoqhubeka nokuvikela ingqalasizinda ebalulekile yase-United States kunoma ngubani ozama ukuyiphazamisa."
Yize i-US ithatha isikhundla esiqinile eRussia nge-Triton, abantu bazokhumbula ukuthi i-US yaba ngamavulandlela yokuhlasela izinhlelo zezimboni ngokuthumela kwayo uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha lwe-Stuxnet olulwa nohlelo lwenuzi lwase-Iran ngo-2010, abantu abaningi abayibheka njengesibonelo sokuqala se-cyberwarfare exhaswe nguhulumeni. .
Uma usenenkinga, cabanga ukuxhumana ongakhetha kukho kosekelo lobuchwepheshe olukude.