Due to cyber-attacks, the monitoring of the Chernobyl NPP was transferred to the manual mode
MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. In connection with the cyberattacks radiation monitoring in the Chernobyl NPP is carried out in manual mode, reads the statement of the State Agency of Ukraine on exclusion zone management.
It is reported that the reason for this was the temporary shutdown of Windows.
All technological systems of the nuclear power plant and automatic control system of the radiation situation in the exclusion zone operates in normal mode.
Earlier it became known after a hacker attack all computers on workplace for plant personnel was disabled.
Several oil, telecommunications and financial companies of Russia and Ukraine suffered a large-scale attack of the virus-the extortioner Petya, locking computers and demanding $ 300 in bitcoins.