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Energy Infrastructure Threat Brief: Russia and Iran State Sponsored APTs

Stolworthy, Remy Vanece [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000209778420)
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This briefing provides a high-level overview of recent cyber threats to the energy sector, focusing on Russia’s coordinated 2025 attack on Poland’s energy infrastructure and ongoing Iranian targeting of industrial control systems (ICS).

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Stolworthy, Remy Vanece [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000209778420). 2026-04-21. Energy Infrastructure Threat Brief: Russia and Iran State Sponsored APTs. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3333018

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