Polish Power Grid? Seriously?!

Oh, joy. More fucking hacktivists. Apparently, some Russian clowns – calling themselves UNC1151, because originality is *clearly* their strong suit – are poking around Polish critical infrastructure again. Specifically, a power plant. Again.

They’re not exactly taking down the grid, mind you. It’s mostly info-stealing and disruption of internal systems. Think access to CCTV, SCADA stuff (because *of course* they go for the SCADA), and generally being a nuisance. They used compromised accounts – seriously, multi-factor authentication people! – and some good old-fashioned spearphishing. It’s like watching amateurs with slightly better tools.

The Polish authorities are on it (supposedly) and have been dealing with this garbage for months. They’re blaming the group for previous attacks, too. The article makes a big deal about how they *could* cause serious damage, but so far it’s mostly just noise. Still, it’s enough to keep everyone on edge, which I guess is the point of these assholes.

Honestly, if you can’t secure basic accounts and train your staff not to click everything, maybe you *deserve* to have your CCTV footage leaked. Don’t get me started on legacy systems… it’s a disaster waiting to happen.

And the worst part? They’re bragging about it online. Because that’s what responsible actors do, right?

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-hacktivists-polish-power-plant-attack

Speaking of power plants, I once had to remotely debug a system at one that was running on Windows 98. *Windows 98*. The entire control system. The engineer insisted it “just worked” and refused to upgrade. I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to self-destruct. Don’t even ask about the tape backups…

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