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Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity (apnews.com)

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Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity::Recent attacks on American water authorities by Iranian-aligned hackers — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks hitting the U.S. health care system — are calling federal officials to action.

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[-] Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

unsophisticated cyber attacks

Being this is a state sponsored attack, I was really expecting something meaningful like spoofing, identity exploits, or insider threats, but nope. It's literally just a group of "hackers" typing in the default password of a device and gaining minor remote access.

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