Infrastructure Hacking

Tech

Ransomware Gang Accessed Water Supplier’s Control System

08.31.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Feds Indict Kansas Man for Allegedly Hacking Into Water Supply

04.01.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Why Cybersecurity Experts Hate TeamViewer, the Software Used to Tamper With Florida Water Supply

02.09.21

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Lights That Warn Planes of Obstacles Were Exposed to Open Internet

11.22.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Why There’s No Need to Panic About a ‘Cyber 9/11’

05.14.19

By Motherboard Staff
Tech

A ‘Cyber Event’ Disrupted the Power Grid in California and Wyoming, But Don’t Panic Just Yet

04.30.19

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Russian Malware Was Apparently Used in an Attempt to Sabotage a Saudi Petrol Plant

10.23.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

People Are Recklessly Speculating That the Massachusetts Gas Explosions Were a Stuxnet-Related Hack

09.14.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

GCHQ Says Hackers Have Likely Compromised UK Energy Sector Targets

07.17.17

By Joseph Cox
Tech

The Malware Used Against The Ukrainian Power Grid Is More Dangerous Than Anyone Thought

06.12.17

By Kim Zetter
Tech

Hackers Are Remotely Controlling Industrial Robots Now

05.03.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Don’t Worry About ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor,’ But Hackers Are Already Targeting Our Critical Infrastructure

03.21.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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