Energy sector
Hydroelectric Power Plant

Shutdown of water power plant's industrial network switch

Event description
Today, hackers attacked a water power plant on the river Off. The operators had to switch the plant from automatic to manual mode. "At some point, the SCADA system stopped showing the water turbine rotation rate, device vibration frequency, and temperature. As it turned out, hackers put a switch that transmitted data to the operator monitors out of operation," the plant's chief security officer said in his interview to a local TV channel. The incident will not cause power cuts but will result in financial losses due to the plant's decreased performance.