Suspicous network traffic data undisclosed location
- Event Year
- 2016
- Reliability
- Unconfirmed
- Country
- United States
- Industry
- Water/Waste Water
- Attack Type
- Unknown
Description
An undisclosed US water utility documented in a 2016 sector review observed anomalous outbound network traffic from its OT environment, leading to an external incident response engagement. The investigation was inconclusive on whether a successful intrusion occurred.
Impact
No operational impact was identified. The utility implemented network segmentation and OT-specific monitoring as a follow-on.
Sources
- A Review of Cybersecurity Incidents in the Water Sector - Journal of Environmental Engineering
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/Monitors/ICS-CERT_Monitor_Mar-Apr2016_S508C.pdf
Source list compiled from OTCAD (Stash Kempinski / Secura, GPL-3.0). Description is risidata's own prose.