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(Image credit: Getty Images) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Cyberattacks on infrastructure seem to be becoming a part of daily life. The latest one hit the Romainian water management authorities , taking around 1,000 computers down, affecting 10 of the country's 11 regional offices with hostile data encryption (ransomware).
No criminal group has yet claimed the action, but the attackers left a message demanding the institution contact them in seven days. The affected management systems include email, web services, databases, and Geographic Information Systems. Predictably, Windows workstations and domain name servers were also hit.
Thankfully, Romania's taps still flow freely, as no actual water control systems were reportedly affected, and that "[control] activity [is] carried out within normal parameters, through dispatches and voice communications." That's better luck than Denmark had in 2024, when a similar infrastructure attack resulted in actual burst pipes.
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