Attacks against industrial networks will become a bigger problem. We need to fix security now

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Danny Palmer

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Danny Palmer

| August 12, 2021 — 09:15 GMT (10:15 BST)

| Topic: Security

Cyber attacks: How to protect your industrial control systems from hackers

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Industrial infrastructure, including electricity grids, oil and gas facilities, manufacturing plants and more, has become a tempting targets for cyber attackers, whether they’re criminal gangs attempting to make money from ransomware attacks, or nation-state-backed hacking operations out for espionage and disruption. 

Recent incidents – such as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, and a cyber attacker attempting to modify chemical levels in the drinking water supply at a water-treatment plant in Florida – have demonstrated how industrial infrastructure is vulnerable to hackers – and that attacks against these systems can have a broader impact on the general public. 

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Danny Palmer

By

Danny Palmer

| August 12, 2021 — 09:15 GMT (10:15 BST)

| Topic: Security