Apparent leaked U.S. docs suggest pro-Russian hackers accessed Canada's gas network. Should we be concerned?

Cybersecurity experts aren’t surprised by the revelation contained within a package of leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Russian-backed hackers successfully gained access to Canada’s natural gas distribution network.

But they said there’s a huge difference between gaining access to a company’s network or servers and actually disrupting Canada’s energy supply or causing injury or property damage.

“There’s a big disconnect between gaining access to a computer, in the industrial world, and knowing how to make it do physical things,” said Lesley Carhart, director of incident response for North America at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos Inc.

“Criminal groups gain access to industrial facilities all the time. But just hitting buttons isn’t necessarily going to

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