CISA released an urgent message warning water utilities to disconnect their logic controllers from the internet in the face of rising cyberattacks.

The hacks target internet-facing programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that control equipment and allow machinery to communicate. They monitor and control the water pressure, chemical dosing, and other factors to ensure the water is safe.

Many of the PLCs are apparently open to the internet and use default credentials, allowing a remote attacker to easily take them over.

I assume it is this CISA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersecurity_and_Infrastructure_Security_Agency

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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    24 hours ago

    Minor nit: Russia and Iran are already working together on shaheds and targeting

    No surprise at all if they also coordinate cyber

    • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 hours ago

      Whatever. I worked the fucking case. The infiltrators were Russian. After that, it’s a political or financial negotiation.