Exclusive: After Russian troops seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last year, radiation sensors in the region started recording alarming spikes. The official Ukrainian explanation was that the spikes were caused by Russian military vehicles stirring up radioactive dust in the area. But that explanation has been disputed. Now the mystery deepens. Security researcher Ruben Santamarta has discovered suspicious patterns in the sensor data that suggest the data was possibly manipulated to fabricate the radiation spikes. Experts agree with him that it seems the most likely explanation. The question is if the data was manipulated, who did it and why?
Ruben will be presenting his findings on Thursday at the BlackHat security conference and will release a 100-page paper showing his research.
But you can read my detailed story about the findings and mystery surrounding the spikes here:
https://www.wired.com/story/chernobyl-radiation-spike-mystery/
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