Security News > 2019 > April > Cyber espionage and sabotage attacks pose an increasing threat to the energy industry

Malicious actors are targeting critical infrastructure (CNI) sites and energy distribution facilities exponentially. Interconnected systems in the energy industry increase vulnerabilities, and cyber attacks often go undetected for some time. As energy companies save costs against the backdrop of lower oil prices, consolidating operations can weaken business resilience and redundancy levels. This gives rise to new, single critical points of failure, with any disruption across the supply chain potentially having increased consequences. “Espionage and sabotage … More → The post Cyber espionage and sabotage attacks pose an increasing threat to the energy industry appeared first on Help Net Security.

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