Hitachi Energy Vulnerabilities Plague SCADA Power Systems

August 28, 2024 at 10:47AM Hitachi Energy advises immediate upgrade to the latest version of MicroSCADA X SYS600 to address multiple critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in the product. The vulnerabilities pose confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, impacting over 10,000 substations and various industries. Hitachi Energy is not aware of any current exploitation, but urges prompt … Read more

Russian Hackers Used Novel OT Attack to Disrupt Ukrainian Power Amid Mass Missile Strikes

November 9, 2023 at 04:15AM In October, Russia’s “Sandworm” hackers carried out two previously undocumented attacks on operational technology (OT), causing a power outage and coinciding with missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine, according to cybersecurity firm Mandiant. The attacks targeted a control system called MicroSCADA and used a “novel technique” to impact industrial … Read more