Anti-Israel hacking campaign highlights danger of internet-connected devices

[rbc]

When hackers linked to Iran penetrated a programmable logic controller at a water pumping station in Pennsylvania last weekend, they had their pick of a huge number of such devices connected to the internet.

The operation by the so-called Cyber Av3ngers — a group linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that is known for overstating the impact of their attacks — targeted a device made by the Israeli firm Unitronics. Among the firm’s global customer base, there are some 1,800 Unitronics devices facing the internet, and experts caution that the incident involving the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pa., highlights the huge risk of internet-connected devices in industrial facilities.
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Anti-Israel hacking campaign highlights danger of internet-connected devices