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8.5 — CRITICAL
CISA shares advice on isolating vital systems during cyberattacks
The U.S. and Australian governments have released new guidance urging critical infrastructure organizations to prepare to isolate vital operational technology systems in the event of a cyberattack or other major disruptions. [...]
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🔍Threat Overview
State-sponsored threat actors, including Chinese hackers, target critical infrastructure organizations for espionage and potential disruptive or destructive attacks during a crisis or conflict. The U.S. and Australian governments have released guidance urging critical infrastructure entities to prepare to isolate vital operational technology systems.
⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
water treatment equipmentelectrical systemsmanufacturing machinerytransportation systemstelecommunications infrastructure
Attack Vectors
exploited known vulnerabilities in edge networking devicescompromised equipment and trusted connections
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: critical
Who Is at Risk
Critical infrastructure organizations, including those in the communications, energy, transportation, and water sectors
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Identify minimum systems and networks required to continue delivering a critical service
2Document every connection between vital systems and corporate networks, remote-access services, cloud environments, Internet-facing infrastructure, vendors and contractors
3Determine where connections can be disabled or physically disconnected and account for manual processes, communication failures, and loss of external resources or dependencies
📦Affected Products
AT&TVerizonLumenAmerican Water
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