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ID: 237122b8-46ca-5609-90c0-d3d76e287d82

STIX ID: report--237122b8-46ca-5609-90c0-d3d76e287d82

Feed Name: Black Hills Infosec Blog

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2016-02-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

Author: BHIS

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The author describes the confirmed BlackEnergy-driven cyber attack on Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk power grid (December 23), highlighting that delivery relied on malicious VBA macros in Microsoft Office documents combined with social engineering; the piece contextualizes the incident as a sophisticated, coordinated campaign likely linked to nation-state actors and warns that macro-based delivery remains an effective and persistent threat.

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