Why the energy revolution needs to plan for systemic risks
Cyber attacks on the operational technology (OT) underpinning critical infrastructure remain rare, and the few that have manipulated a physical process have mostly been the work of nation-state actors. That contrasts with information technology (IT), where ransomware is routine. Security firm Dragos counted about 3,300 industrial organizations affected by ransomware over the past year. These attacks typically target IT systems, and often force a precautionary shutdown rather than seizing or damaging industrial equipment directly.
Historically, OT has been harder for hackers to reach and even harder to understand. Industrial control systems have been proprietary, separately wired, and thinly documented. This has kept them out of reach for hackers relying on the commodity tooling that makes IT attacks cheap to run. Industrial equipment vendors have also been strengthening individual devices, particularly newer equipment like batteries designed and built with support for the latest security certifications.
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