Assessing Industrial Cyber Risk to the European Wind Industry
Summary: Wind power supplied 26.8 percent of UK electricity generation in 2022, up from 1.5 percent in 2008, with Germany at 23 percent and Spain at 32 percent, and remote access used to monitor and control turbines has widened the attack surface. In 2022 there were at least three major cyber attacks against wind farm operators and wind turbine manufacturers, causing disruption but no reported physical damage to turbines.
What you should know: Attackers have recognized that internet-connected remote access is a route into wind farm OT systems, where disturbing turbine rotor pitch controls could cause mechanical failure at sites that are remote, logistically hard to repair, and unable to sell power while down.
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