Cyberattacks on Energy Infrastructures: Modern War Weapons

08/28/2022
by   Tawfiq M. Aljohani, et al.
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Recent high-profile cyberattacks on energy infrastructures, such as the security breach of the Colonial Pipeline in 2021 and attacks that have disrupted Ukraine's power grid from the mid-2010s till date, have pushed cybersecurity as a top priority. As political tensions have escalated in Europe this year, concerns about critical infrastructure security have increased. Operators in the industrial sector face new cybersecurity threats that increase the risk of disruptions in services, property damages, and environmental harm. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, industrial companies, with their network-connected systems, are now considered major targets for adversaries to advance political, social, or military agendas. Moreover, the recent Russian-Ukrainian conflict has set the alarm worldwide about the danger of targeting energy grids via cyberattacks. Attack methodologies, techniques, and procedures used successfully to hack energy grids in Ukraine can be used elsewhere. This work aims to present a thorough analysis of the cybersecurity of the energy infrastructure amid the increased rise of cyberwars. The article navigates through the recent history of energy-related cyberattacks and their reasoning, discusses the grid's vulnerability, and makes a precautionary argument for securing the grids against them.

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