A hack that recently caused a Texas town's water system to overflow has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a. Another town suffered 37,000 attempts to log in its firewall in four days, but the attack failed as officials unplugged the system and operated it manually.
“The maturation of the threat landscape is interesting. Industry has gone from basic phishing and DDOS attacks to very advanced malware and ransomware designed to disable safety systems or industrial control systems used to clean drinking water,” said Harrell.Formerly an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Harrell sees his job as preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best.
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