Protecting Water Infrastructure from xOT Cyber Threats
Summary: Dragos describes xOT security as covering the full operational technology environment, including legacy protocols, real-time operations, and safety-critical processes that cannot be disrupted. The text names nation-state actor BAUXITE, ransomware groups seeking operational disruption, and hacktivists exploiting exposed SCADA systems as threats to water utilities, with vulnerable remote access points and unpatched industrial devices as common attack vectors.
Bottom line: Water and wastewater utilities run distributed treatment facilities and SCADA networks where a single exposed remote access point or unpatched device is the entry path BAUXITE and ransomware groups are already looking for.
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