Security agencies warn of heightened threat to critical national infrastructure

The pro-Russia hacktivist activity appears mostly limited to unsophisticated techniques that manipulate ICS equipment to create nuisance effects, but investigations have identified that these actors are capable of techniques that pose physical threats against insecure and misconfigured OT environments.

Hacktivists target industrial control systems (ICS) and small-scale operational technology (OT) systems in North American and European critical infrastructure sectors, including water and wastewater systems, dams, energy, and food and agriculture.

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