Iran's Cyber Shadows Extend Beyond the Battlefield The US government has issued a warning about Iranian state backed hackers disrupting American water and energy providers, highlighting the ongoing cyber war's sinister nature beyond mere nation state cat and mouse games.
The advisory, issued by the FBI, NSA, Department of Energy, and CISA, paints a picture of a deliberate campaign to cripple critical infrastructure with real world consequences for ordinary citizens.
The hackers' targets are programmable logic controllers on internet connected operational networks, which can be manipulated to cause outages and disruption.