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Hacktavist Attacks
Hacktivist Attacks Show Ease of Hacking Industrial Control Systems
https://www.securityweek.com/hacktivist-attacks-show-ease-hacking-industrial-control-systems
An ongoing problem since 2016 and reported especially 2020 and September 2022, pro-Palestine hacktivist group named GhostSec and a group named Gonjeshke Darande along with others hacked state infrastructure with moderate cyber sophistication, focusing on unprotected ICS or IoT devices that are exposed to the internet. They typically rely on open ports, publicly available tools, and they typically operate for short periods of time to achieve a specific goal. They have attacked infrastructure in Israel and Iran and elsewhere in order to protest against state aggression committed by Israel, Iran or other state targets. This is important because they cause mainly localized disruption and other effects that can also lead to major consequences jeopardizing public safety. One possible solution is for states to perform cyber assessments: these attacks can be easily mitigated by securing internet access, hardening authentication mechanisms, performing basic ICS security monitoring by a chosen MSSP, and enforcing basic cyber security hygiene.
Legend: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, So What?!, possible Solution
Who: pro-Palestine hacktivist group named GhostSec; a group named Gonjeshke Darande and others; in short, hacktavists all over
What: hacked state infrastructure: 55 Berghof programmable logic controllers (PLCs)located in Israel; causing disruptions in Iran, includingforcing a steel company to halt productionandparalyzed gas stationsacross the country
When: ongoing, reports noted in2016, 2020-2022
Where: state infrastructure in Israel and Iran, etc.
Why: response to state aggression by pro-Palestine and pro-Israel hactavists
How: moderate cyber sophistication, focusing on unprotected ICS or IoT devices that are exposed to the internet. They typically rely on open ports, publicly available tools, and they typically operate for short periods of time to achieve a specific goal.
So What?!: they cause mainly localized disruption and other effects, as the current status of ICS cyber security stays relatively bad, exploiting frequent device misconfigurations, non-enforced 3rd party access and other basic security weaknesses by these hackers can also lead to major consequences jeopardizing public safety
Possible Solution(s): perform cyber assessments: These attacks can be easily mitigated by securing internet access, hardening authentication mechanisms, performing basic ICS security monitoring by a chosen MSSP, enforcing basic cyber security hygiene
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