RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR RISKS SERIOUS ATTACKS FROM HACKERS
April 25th, 2022
Renewable energy systems are growing fast in scale and diversity worldwide. But as with any innovative technology, commercial criminals seek to exploit new online vulnerabilities. Keith Nuthall and Sarah Gibbons report.
Cybercrime attacks on energy systems can be high profile – witness the American Colonial Pipeline energy company ransomware attack, when the company paid out USD4.4 million to hackers.
But green energy systems, from wind to solar, hydro (tidal and rivers) to biomass, are often decentralised in their operations and utilise ...
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