Hackers have targeted Irish energy networks, senior engineers at the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), which supplies both Northern Ireland and the Republic, were targeted by spear phishing messages allegedly sent by a Russian threat actor linked to Russias GRU intelligence agency. Security experts believe that GRU hackers were testing their cyber capabilities against the country infrastructure. The nation state hackers may have been interested in destabilizing the country that hosts European headquarters of IT giants like Apple, Google, and Facebook. US officials confirmed last week that Russian government hacking teams penetrated American nuclear and other energy companies.”]
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/61079/apt/russian-nation-state-actors-ireland.html