Last month, in The War Few are Talking About, I described industrial cyberattacks as a form of “economic warfare” designed to advance geopolitical agendas. Just as the world came to recognize IT cyberattacks as a new form of profit-driven crime, we must now recognize our global industrial and critical infrastructures are potential targets (either intended or collateral) in a 21st-century war being waged by very motivated and capable adversaries.
The Storm is Building, What Are You Going to Do About It?
I and many others have previously discussed the state-sponsored Triton and NotPetya attacks, the Russian infiltration of U.S. energy facilities outlined in FBI/DHS Alert TA18-074A, and other such incidents, and evidence of the war is continuing to build.
