Ethical hacker warns of surge in critical infrastructure attacks

Cyberattacks are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure, including supermarket refrigerators, blood services, and the state network in Berlin, Euronews reported on November 11. Ethical hacker Marco Di Filippo told the outlet that the past two weeks saw an exceptional concentration of spectacular cases that would previously not have occurred even over an entire year. [1]

The attacks frequently exploit human error, according to Euronews. Unknown hackers recently targeted blood donation services, interrupting the cooling systems and rendering the donated blood unusable. Ethical hackers work to identify security vulnerabilities before cybercriminals can exploit them to inflict damage. [1]

Rafay Baloch is a Pakistani ethical hacker and security researcher. As FTMQ News reported earlier, cyber warfare and digital breaches have also impacted state agencies, including a recent theft of 23 terabytes of data from the Russian statistics agency Rosstat. [2][3]