U.S. agents blocked a cyberattack launched against a submarine cable in Hawaii that provides phone and internet services to several countries. Agents blocked access that would have allowed the threat actor to do significant damage. Experts say the attack could have marked an act of war if the actor had been successful. The outcome could have been comparable to the Colonial Pipelines cyberattack, which shut down critical gas pipelines on the U-S. East Coast, says Eric Byres, CISA ICS advisor and CTO of ICS.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/feds-disrupt-cyberattack-aimed-at-pacific-communications-a-18907