News Briefs: Cyberattacks on Utilities Likely to Continue, Says DHS Report

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis recently released a report titled “Malicious Cyber Actors Likely to Continue Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Water and Wastewater Systems Networks.” In the new report, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis states that high-profile cyberattacks against water and wastewater systems are likely to increase as criminal, nation-state and terrorist cyber actors seek to exploit enduring vulnerabilities to achieve financial, geopolitical, or ideological objectives.“We base this assessment on successful cyber actor targeting since at least 2018 — and as recent as February 2021 — of United States and foreign water/wastewater sector networks,” states the report.