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Iranian hackers threatened to attack an Israeli gas pipeline, which is what happened next
The cyber company FireEye released a report in which it noted that there has been a significant increase in attacks on control processes supported by operational technology.
Among the cases revealed in the document, a group of hackers noted that they had attacked an Israeli gas pipeline.
You will not believe what happened next
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 09:19 Updated: 09:36
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Iranian hackers claim to have attacked an Israeli gas pipeline (Photo: Reuters)
In recent years, against the background of "cyber wars" between the various countries, Iranian hackers have been trying to harm Israeli companies and critical infrastructure in Israel.
Some of the attacks are aimed at control processes supported by operational technology (OT).
This is a complex attack, but if hackers succeed in changing the control process, the damage will be significant.
The cyber defense company FireEye released a report in which it noted a significant increase in such attacks, and even exposed a group of Iranian hackers who claimed: "We hit an Israeli gas pipeline."
However, in photos released by a group of hackers, it was revealed that the group in general attacked the ventilation system of a restaurant in Ramat Hasharon.
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In a report released by the company, it reported that there was a significant increase in such attacks, but also noted that none of the attacks it uncovered had a significant impact.
However, the increasing frequency and relative severity, require risk analysis and examination of the possible consequences. "Connecting industrial controllers to an Internet environment is a global trend that is of great benefit to increasing productivity," he told Walla!
TECH Yair Atar co-founder and CTO of OTORIO.
"From the use of information to improve production, through centralized control of a large number of processes to reducing manpower dependence and more - there is no doubt that the benefit is enormous and has the power to leverage entire industries," Atar explains.
They claimed to have attacked a gas pipe, but in practice attacked a ventilation system of a restaurant in Ramat Hasharon (Photo: screenshot, screenshot)
"The risk is created when the technology is installed insecurely, for example by directly connecting the controllers to the Internet outside the company's internal network, using default passwords and not setting strong passwords, not restricting access to the component, lack of complementary security and encryption products, and more. In most cases, these systems were built without deep thinking about information security, so as soon as control components that are exposed to the Internet without supervision are discovered, the way to disrupt them is significantly shortened. "
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