Recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks hitting the U.S. health care system — are calling federal officials to action.

Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity::Recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks hitting the U.S. health care system — are calling federal officials to action.

  • Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    unsophisticated cyber attacks

    Being this is a state sponsored attack, I was really expecting something meaningful like spoofing, identity exploits, or insider threats, but nope. It’s literally just a group of “hackers” typing in the default password of a device and gaining minor remote access.