CCE Case Study: Baltavia Substation Power Outage

Technical Report · Thu May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1645032· OSTI ID:1645032

Gellner, Jeffrey R. ^[1]; St. Michel, Curtis P. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

In this case study, we will examine a fictional event broadly inspired by the real power outages in Ukraine that took place in December 2015 and December 2016—both the result of cyber-enabled sabotage. The actual events of 2015 and 2016 were well-documented—the adversaries in these attacks gained access to a few power companies’ corporate networks, pivoted to industrial control system (ICS) networks, and created widespread physical effects in the form of power outages.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1645032
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-20-58092-Rev.002; TRN: US2202049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
CCE
Case Study
Ukraine Power Outage
Substation Power Outage
Ukraine Attack
cyber-enabled sabotage
industrial control system
operational technology
cybersecurity
Baltavia
electricity
substation