The U.S. government has issued a strong warning to all critical infrastructure firms after a gas compression facility was forced into a 2-day shut down when it was struck by a ransomware cyberattack
These systems are used to power so-called critical national infrastructure organizations such as power stations and electrical grids.How the ransomware attack impacted the gas compression facility
“Impacted assets were no longer able to read and aggregate real-time operational data reported from low-level OT devices, resulting in a partial loss of viewfor human operators,” according to the CISA alert. But crucially, the victim’s emergency response plan did not specifically consider cyberattacks. “The victim’s existing emergency response plan focused on threats to physical safety and not cyber incidents,” the CISA alert reads.
These included a four-hour transition from operational to shutdown mode combined with increased physical security.
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