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Many don’t realize that
cyberattacks against Critical Infrastructure sectors, can cause more than an inconvenience
of a temporary power outage.
Critical Infrastructures are a
favorite of aggressive Nation State cyber threats. In addition to communications disruptions,
power outages, and healthcare billing, these attacks can also seek to disrupt
food distribution.
The result – empty shelves and
people scrambling to acquire groceries.
There is currently a cyber-attack affecting
the main grocery retailer in Scotland, resulting in empty shelves for many foodstuffs.
Nothing is as effective at changing
people’s attitudes and motivating capitulation than the unavailability of
food. It is an age-old strategy used for
sieging forts, towns, and even nations.
Cybersecurity now protects many of
the critical path systems for food production, transportation, and distribution.
It puts a different spin on the
value of cybersecurity and how aggressive nations can wreak havoc on the
citizens of their adversary. It is
something to consider as we move into an age where cyber-attacks are being
leveraged as a foreign policy tool.
Cybersecurity is key and we must remain diligent to protect
our critical infrastructure sectors!
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