CYBERSECURITY
Enterprise ’ s efforts in cyberwarfare In the US , companies in the water sector have been hit hard with cyber attacks . In October of last year , American Water , the largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility company in the US that provides essential water and wastewater services to over 14 million people across 14 states , fell victim to a cyber attack .
“ The main theme is that they [ attackers ] are not looking for monetary gain , instead they ’ re influenced by other strategic and politically motivated agendas ,” says David Sancho , Senior Threat Researcher at Trend Micro .
Although it didn ’ t take down its key services , it highlights how despite these being companies not government owned , they serve functions of critical importance for society . Taking them offline can lead to severe health and safety issues .
“ Disruptions to critical national infrastructure and the manipulation of supply chains can be deemed the biggest threats posed by cyberwarfare today ,”
MALICIOUS ATTACKS ON UKRAINE ENERGY COMPANIES
Ukraine ’ s deputy chairman of the State Service of Special Communications thanked researchers at cybersecurity companies Eset and Microsoft for helping to identify and neutralise the malicious software used in the 2022 attack on the energy company
126 March 2025