Security threat monitoring firm Vectra Networks says IT networks in energy and utilities are being hit regularly by attackers. From January to June of this year, for every 10,000 host systems, nearly 200 remote access hacking attempts were spotted. Attackers targeting energy companies and utilities increasingly hit their IT networks with stealth tactics, such as employing legitimate Windows tools, too. For attackers to truly disrupt or sabotage an industrial process, stealing operator credentials from the IT network isn’t enough ammo. Hacking the operational technology (OT) network requires intel about the process control network.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/energy-sector-s-it-networks-in-the-bulls-eye