Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities

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industrial controls that could have led to dangerous conditionsppThe authorities issued the warning to raise awareness of the elevated malicious activity targeting internetexposed Industrial Control Systems ICS and the need to adopt stronger security measures to block the attacksppThe alert shares three recent incidents in which socalled hacktivists tampered with critical systems at a water treatment facility an oil gas firm and an agricultural facility causing disruptions false alarms and a risk of dangerous conditionsppOne incident affected a water facility tampering with water pressure values and resulting in degraded service for its community describes the bulletinppAnother involved a Canadian oil and gas company where an Automated Tank Gauge ATG was manipulated triggering false alarmsppA third one involved a grain drying silo on a Canadian farm where temperature and humidity levels were manipulated resulting in potentially unsafe conditions if not caught on timeppThe Canadian authorities believe that these attacks werent planned and sophisticated but rather opportunistic aimed at causing media stir undermining trust in the countrys authorities and harming its reputationppSowing fear in societies and creating a sense of threat are primary goals for hacktivists who are often joined by sophisticated APTs in this effortppThe US government has repeatedly confirmed that foreign hacktivists have attempted to manipulate industrial system settings Earlier this month a Russian group called TwoNet was caught in the act against a decoy plantppAlthough none of the recently targeted entities in Canada suffered catastrophic consequences the attacks highlight the risk of poorly protected ICS components such as PLCs SCADA systems HMIs and industrial IoTsppIn response to the elevated hacktivist activity the Canadian authorities suggest the following measuresppAlthough ICS malware isnt typically associated with hacktivist threats it is also advisable to keep the firmware of 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