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US will help Baltic states to secure baltic energy grid

Security Affairs

The three states joined both the European Union and NATO in 2004, but they are still part of a power grid controlled by Russia. Suspected Russia-backed hackers have launched exploratory cyber attacks against the energy networks of the Baltic states, sources said, raising security concerns inside the West’s main military alliance, NATO.”

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The History of Malware: A Primer on the Evolution of Cyber Threats

IBM Big Data Hub

At the time, only about 60,000 computers had access to the internet, mostly at universities and within the military. 2004: Mydoom worm Similar to ILOVEYOU, the Mydoom worm also used email to self-replicate and infect systems around the world.