A claim that a Canadian natural gas company was targeted in a cyberattack could be anything from a Russian disinformation campaign to a real and present threat to critical infrastructure, experts say.
Cybersecurity experts have long warned of how oil and gas infrastructure such as pipelines or refineries are enticing targets for cyberespionage because shutting them down could disrupt critical systems or Canada’s energy supply. “There are multiple hacktivist ‘collectives’ claiming hacks, often falsely. In some cases, it’ll simply be an attention-seeking individual making a false claim while, in other cases, it may be intentional disinformation intended to keep the other side busy,” Callow said.
“Both groups are more noise than action … They can be disruptive and a pain in the butt, but it is low level stuff,” Callow said. “Certainly not likely to cause an explosion.” “Canada has a lot of interest in making smart cities, electrifying the system, electrifying industry, and we are expecting more and more critical infrastructures and more government operations and all the important facilities to either be electrified or connected ,” Fung said.
You'll notice they would go after key energy infrastructure. Going after unreliable energy sources like solar and wind would be a waste of a good bomb.
Tell everyone about the Nazis in Ukraine. The bio labs.