{"id":642,"date":"2025-06-28T02:31:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-vulnerable-is-critical-infrastructure-to-cyberattack-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T02:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:31:35","slug":"how-vulnerable-is-critical-infrastructure-to-cyberattack-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-vulnerable-is-critical-infrastructure-to-cyberattack-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"How vulnerable is critical infrastructure to cyberattack in the US?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/akrales_220309_4977_0232.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Our water, health, and energy systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now, when tensions escalate &#8211; like when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/417505\/iran-war-trump-nuclear-strategy-foreign-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US bombed nuclear facilities in Iran<\/a> this month &#8211; the safety of these systems becomes of paramount concern. If conflict erupts, we can expect it to be a \u00ab\u00a0hybrid\u00a0\u00bb battle, <a href=\"https:\/\/securityandtechnology.org\/team\/undisruptable27-team\/joshua-corman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua Corman<\/a>, executive in residence for public safety &amp; resilience at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), tells <em>The Verge<\/em>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0With great connectivity comes great responsibility.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Battlefields now extend into the digital world, which in turn makes critical infrastructure in the real world a target. I first reached out to IST for their expertise on this issue back in 2021, when a ransomware attack forced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/5\/10\/22429433\/colonial-pipeline-cyber-security-ransomware-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonial Pipeline<\/a> &#8211; a major artery transporting nearly half of the east coast&rsquo;s fuel supply &#8211; offline for nearly a week. Since then, <em>The Verge<\/em> has also covered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/21\/24161502\/cyberattack-drinking-water-epa-inspection-enforcement-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uptick in cyberattacks against community water systems<\/a> in the US, and America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/9\/24216329\/cybersecurity-clean-energy-biden-administration-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempts to thwart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/24\/24185013\/homeland-security-china-artificial-intelligence-priorities-memo-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assaults<\/a> supported by other governments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It&rsquo;s not time to panic, Corman reassures me. But it is important to reevaluate how we safeguard hospitals, water supplies, and other lifelines from cyberattack. There hap \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/cyber-security\/693588\/cybersecurity-cyberattack-critical-infrastructure-war-expert-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our water, health, and energy systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack. 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