Electric Utility Companies Attack

Electric Utility Companies became a new target of cyberattacks. A cybersecurity report by Siemens showed that more than 50% of the global electric utility companies are expecting at least one cyberattack in 2021.

Some recent attacks:

1.     Canada’s Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) was targeted in April 2020.

2.     Portuguese electric utility company EDP was attacked by hacker using “RagnarLocker” ransomware.

3.     Ohio-based LTI Power System’s sensitive data, including equipment diagrams and drawing, was stolen in February 2020.

4.     Escom’s (South African company) data center was attacked in March 2020.

Based on Siemens’ guidelines all companies need to pay more attention for protection of critical assets and continuously monitor their infrastructure for any anomalies.