Watering Down Security: The Growing Threat to America's Critical Infrastructure The recent revelation that over 100 US water systems were targeted by hackers in July should come as no surprise.
Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure have been a growing concern for years, with this latest development being the latest chapter in a long running saga of vulnerabilities exposed by malicious actors.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are at the center of these attacks, controlling physical machinery across water providers, energy grids, and other critical infrastructure.