Get the latest tech news
Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months
State-sponsored Volt Typhoon hackers were poking around the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments for at least 300 days before the FBI gave the utility a heads up.
At the time, LELWD had been installing sensors from cybersecurity firm Dragos with the help of Department of Energy grants awarded by the American Public Power Association (APPA). In the end, Dragos confirmed the compromised systems did not contain "customer-sensitive data," and LEWLD changed their network architecture to kick Volt Typhoon out, the case study says. Other groups, sponsored by adversaries like Iran and China, are trying to gain access to US critical infrastructure, including drinking water systems, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned in May 2024.
Or read this on r/technology
