Cyber Attacks DDOS Energy and Utilities 
CyberSecurity Insiders
MAY 31, 2023
According to experts from Digital Watchdog RDI, solar panels are now vulnerable to cyber attacks, with hackers targeting the vulnerabilities in the inverters that store energy for powering smartphones, laptops, and small electrical gadgets. Between 2015 and 2021, approximately 16.3
Security Affairs
JANUARY 27, 2022
This isn’t the first time that Puerto Rico was hit by a cyber attack in recent years. In March 2021, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power utility confirmed early this week that it has been hacked over the weekend. It is still unclear whether the fire and DDoS attack are connected.
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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 23, 2019
From taking a shower, to brewing your coffee, and watching the news, your morning routine is fueled by the energy sector. But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society. The Rising Threat. In the U.S.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
That pace is unlikely to slow down over the coming years; Pagely noted that organizations are still turning to IoT devices as a way to automate and optimize their business processes as well as save on energy costs. Cyber attacks against the company aren’t the only relevant threat, however. billion in number and generate 79.4
SecureList
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Industroyer2 was discovered in the network of a Ukrainian energy provider, and it is very unlikely that the attacker would have been able to develop it without access to the same ICS equipment as used by the victim. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.
Security Boulevard
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
Npower removed its mobile app after an attack exposed " some customers' financial and personal information." The energy firm did not say how many accounts were affected by the breach, which was first reported by MoneySavingExpert.com. UK media didn't report UK gym chain Total Fitness had been hit by a ransomware attack.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. The economic downturn (caused by energy prices, inflation, sanctions, etc.) Stefan Soesanto, Senior Cyber Defense Researcher, The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich. DDOS Botnets.
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