Cybercriminals successfully breached a Polish combined heat and power plant serving 50,000 residents by exploiting the private cellular network used for remote equipment management. The attackers shut down critical systems including a steam turbine and water treatment processes, though recovery efforts began while intruders remained active and no service disruption occurred for customers.
Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant supplies heat to roughly 50,000 residents. Recovery began at about 7:30 a.m. while the intruders were still active inside the network, and customers lost neither heat
Originally published at thehackernews.com
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