U.S. intelligence agencies have identified the code that the utility found as one used in what they call operation “Grizzly Steppe,” a far-reaching Russian operation to interfere with November’s presidential election. (Photo: iStock)

(Bloomberg) – Computer code connected to Russian cyberattacks by U.S. intelligence agencies has been found in a laptop computer at a Vermont electric utility, a development that emerged a day after the Obama administration hit Russia with sanctions for hacking during this year’s U.S. election.

The laptop wasn’t connected to the power grid at the time, the Burlington Electric Department said in a statement on Friday. It said it scanned its computer network and found the malware after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent out an alert about the code to owners and operators of critical infrastructure.

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