DDoS attacks on U.S. electric utility also reportedly hit a utility company’s website. The attack took the company’s online payment and automated pay-by-phone billing systems offline for two days. No evidence to tie this attack to the same hacktivist group, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters. Attackers are targeting network infrastructures to cause collateral damage to other shared resources, says Prolexic. The incident raises concerns that attackers are now focusing on other elements of the US critical infrastructure.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/ddos-attacks-spread-beyond-banking-a-5596