Posts Tagged ‘critical infrastructure’
Rural Texas Towns Report Cyberattacks That Caused One Water System to Overflow
A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks. The attack was one of three on small towns in the rural Texas Panhandle. Local officials said the…
Read MoreNew charge added against woman accused of conspiring with neo-Nazi leader to attack energy grid
A federal gun charge has been added to the case against a Baltimore County woman accused of conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader to attack and destroy energy substations around the Baltimore area to “lay [the] city to waste.” Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was initially indicted in February 2023 on charges that she conspired to…
Read MoreRussia-linked hacking group suspected of carrying out cyberattack on Texas water facility, cybersecurity firm says
A hacking group with ties to the Russian government is suspected of carrying out a cyberattack in January that caused a tank at a Texas water facility to overflow, experts from US cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Wednesday. The hack in the small town of Muleshoe, in north Texas, coincided with at least two other towns…
Read MoreNATO commander warns critical undersea cables and pipes ‘under threat’ from Russia and other foes
Important deep sea cables and pipelines are at risk, warns NATO’s Allied Maritime Command’s deputy commander Vice Adm. Didier Maleterre. “It’s a security issue for nearly 1 billion NATO-nation civilians. We need to be protected and well supplied by our vital undersea infrastructures,” Maleterre told the Guardian on April 16. NATO allies have detected several…
Read MoreRussia Renews Big Attacks On Ukrainian Power Grid Using Better Intelligence And New Tactics
When the Russian barrage hit the Ukrainian power plant, a worker named Taras was manning the control panel — a crucial task that required him to stay as the air-raid siren blared and his colleagues ran for safety. After the deafening explosions came a cloud of smoke, then darkness. Fires blazed, and shrapnel pierced the…
Read MoreBiden visit to bridge collapse announced as channel opens to Baltimore port
President Biden will visit Baltimore on Friday to survey the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the White House announced Monday, as authorities said they have opened a small channel that will allow limited shipping at the Port of Baltimore for the first time since the disaster. Biden plans to meet with local and state officials…
Read MoreRussia Attacks Ukrainian Electrical Power Facilities, Including Major Hydroelectric Plant
Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people, officials said Friday. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the nighttime drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. The goal is not just…
Read MoreTesla’s Berlin plant halts production after suspected arson attack at nearby substation
A Tesla plant outside of Berlin was reportedly forced to halt production Tuesday after an electricity substation was set alight in a suspected arson attack. The Gruenheide factory, located southeast of the German capital, was left without power, as were parts of wider city, Reuters cited German newspaper Berliner Zeitung as saying. The newspaper added…
Read MoreFrench police arrest activists after break-in at ‘forever chemicals’ plant
Around 300 people from the Extinction Rebellion and Youth for Climate groups cut through fences to reach the Arkema site at Pierre-Benite factory near Lyon in southeast France, a spokesman for the organisers said. Once inside they deployed banners and spray-painted graffiti including “PFAS tell the truth” and “Arkema is poisoning us”. Police counted around…
Read MoreJustice Department to Implement Groundbreaking Executive Order Addressing National Security Risks and Data Security
On Feb. 28, the President will issue a groundbreaking Executive Order (E.O.) addressing the extraordinary and unusual national security threat posed by the continued effort of certain countries of concern to access Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and certain U.S. Government-related data. The first of its kind, the E.O., entitled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk…
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