Potential points for criminal activity
Watch this video for some examples on potential points for criminal activity.
CI Interdependencies: Water
Here is an illustration that gives a partial view of the impact of a compromise on the Water services. Imagine there was an exploit of a vulnerability that impacts the availability of the water services. You can see all the sectors that are impacted. If the availability is impacted across a few days, the scale of the damage will grow exponentially.
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A partial view of the impact of a compromise on the water services
Electric power
Repair/maintenance, SCADA, Op. centre operations, pump/lift facilities, and co-location
Transportation
Customer service, repair/maintenance, delivery, treatment chemicals, fuel supply, transport to ops. centre, constructions, co-location
Telecommunications
Co-location, SCADA, operations/maintenance/repair, customer service
Petroleum liquid
Backup generation fuel, co-location
Natural gas
Co-location, sludge treatment, biological efficiency
It is this kind of an impact one set of cybercriminals intends to achieve. Other potential things the criminal’s target, with exploits, would be the personal information of all end-users including their payment card details where available.
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