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January 3, 2024
Hackers Attack America's Water Supply, Hits Multiple Utilities In Several States - Cyber Attacks Can Do More Damage To The U.S. Than Bullets, Bombs Or Ballistic Missiles Can
While some would justifiably look to the Biden regime's border policies (letting American be invaded by illegal aliens), the higher cost of food and just about everything else since Biden started occupying the White House, the destruction of our military with DEI nonsense, and multiple other Democrat agenda policies, and think it is the Biden regime that could take America down without a shot fired, this piece focuses on something that can do far more damage than the Biden puppet masters could possibly do in just four years.
Cyber attacks.
We know from Biden's energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, in 2021, that cyber attacks against our power grid are "happening all the time",
“There are very malign actors who are trying, even as we speak,” she explained. “There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally.”
She made it clear that hostile nations and America's enemies are "are capable of shutting down the nation’s electrical grid," so it is a matter of when, not if, it will happen.
Jump forward to 2023-2024, and we see the multitude of ways foreign actors are not only testing our cyber security, but are already causing serious issues. From causing mischief for airlines by taking out their websites temporarily in January 2023, to a month long disruption to home sales from a cyber attack against a company called CTS, which provides IT services to law firms and such, throughout the month of December 2023.
About 80 firms were thought to have suffered issues ranging from email and digital paperwork access issues to an inability to complete a property deal, as a result of the cyber-attack on CTS.
That attack caused issues from financial losses to breach of contracts and delays.
One of the most significant attacks, which most never heard of was in May 2023, with a series of devastating breaches caused by "mass exploitation of a vulnerability in the popular file transfer software known as MOVEit," which affected the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Shell, British Airways, and the United States Department of Energy.
• Progress Software, which develops MOVEit, patched the flaw at the end of May, and broad adoption of the fix eventually stopped the spree. But the “Cl0p” data extortion gang had already gone on a disastrous joy ride, exploiting the vulnerability against as many victims as possible. (Wired)
Organizations are still revealing related incidents, and researchers believe that reports will continue to be revealed into 2024 and possibly beyond.
Other examples from the last half of 2023 below:
• A Beijing-sponsored group known as Volt Typhoon has been targeting US critical infrastructure networks, including power grids, as part of its activity. (Wired)
• In June 2023, Microsoft said that a China-backed hacking group had stolen an immensely sensitive cryptographic key from the company's systems that allowed the attackers to access cloud-based Outlook email systems for 25 organizations, including multiple US government agencies (Wired)
• October 2023: Vietnamese hackers attempted to install spyware on the phones of journalists, United Nations officials and the chairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (CSIS)
• September 2023: A new Microsoft report indicates an increase of Chinese cyber operations in the South China Sea, as well as increased attacks against the U.S. defense industrial base and U.S. critical infrastructure. The increase comes amid rising tensions between China and the U.S. (CSIS)
• August 2023: Unnamed hackers took X, formerly known as Twitter, offline in several countries and demanded that owner Elon Musk open Starlink in Sudan. Attackers flooded the server with traffic to disable access for over 20,000 individuals in the U.S., UK, and other countries. (CSIS)
• MGM casinos in Las Vegas and other MGM properties around the world suffered massive and disruptive system outages in September after a cyberattack by an affiliate of the notorious Alphv ransomware group. The attack caused chaos for travelers and gamblers alike, and took the hospitality group days—in some cases, even weeks—to recover, as ATMs went down, hotel keycards stopped working, and slot machines went dark. (Wired)
• Two separate attacks against T-Mobile in 2023. (Wired)
• August 2023: Chinese hackers targeted a U.S. military procurement system for reconnaissance, along with several Taiwan-based organizations. Attackers targeted high-bandwidth routers to exfiltrate data and establish covert proxy networks within target systems. (CSIS)
• August 2023: Suspected North Korean hackers attempted to compromise a joint U.S.-South Korean military exercise on countering nuclear threats from North Korea. Hackers launched several spear phishing email attacks at the exercise’s war simulation center. (CSIS)
• July 2023: Chinese hackers breached the emails of several prominent U.S. government employees in the State Department and Department of Commerce through a vulnerability in Microsoft’s email systems. (CSIS)
• June 2023:Several U.S. federal government agencies, including Department of Energy entities, were breached in a global cyberattack by Russian-linked hackers. Cyber criminals targeted a vulnerability in software that is widely used by the agencies, according to a US cybersecurity agent. (CSIS)
Previous hacking attacks list at CSIS go back to April 2022, in multiple countries. We focused only on the ones that affected Americans.
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Unitronics screen from hack in Aliquippa, Pa
Most the hacks were data breaches, and spyware and ransomware, the attacks against our grid are constant, and have the potential to shut down the entire nation, but our grid is not their only target.
In February 2021 there was an attack against the water supply in Oldsmar Florida, where the hackers tried to pump in a "dangerous" amount of a chemical into the city's water supply. An employees reversed the process before any damage could be done.
On January 2, 2024, Fox News reported on more attacks against multiple U.S. water utilities.
The Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania became a victim of an international cyberattack, along with other U.S. water utilities.
The attack prompted concerns from U.S. security officials about the vulnerability of water utilities to cyber threats.
Despite the growing threats, many water utilities, especially smaller ones, lack the necessary funds and expertise for effective cybersecurity measures.
That attack was from Iranian-backed hackers targeting equipment made in Israel and used in other countries.
The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments. Besides Iran, other potentially hostile geopolitical rivals, including China, are viewed by U.S. officials as a threat.
The attack itself happened on November 25, 2023.
Smaller cities, towns and villages cannot afford the type of security that larger ones can, leaving a significant portion of America vulnerable to attacks on their water supply.
Just imagine if the Biden regime cared as much about Americans as they do about Ukraine, perhaps the tens of billions already sent to Ukraine could have been used to provide security to vulnerable water utilities right here in the good ole U.S. of A, to protect American citizens and their water supply.
Just spitballin'.
While it is not only the electrical grid and water utilities, as seen by this Daily Mail story explaining that you will only know war has begun when the phones go out.
China's President Xi Jinping recently warned President Biden that it's his intention to 'reunify' Taiwan with the Chinese mainland. If Beijing does decide to invade the island nation then expect the Chinese armed forces to seek to bog the United States down in a domestic crisis.
Their first wave of disruption would likely target large population centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, or Philadelphia.
The point here is cyber attacks are as dangerous to countries, including America, as bullets, bombs or ballistic missiles.
With the unchecked masses crossing the border, including an increased number of Chinese military-aged men, causing chaos with cyber attacks would leave Americans defenseless against physical attacks.
Yet another argument to be locked and loaded, prepared to protect yourself and your family.
BOTTOM LINE
Preppers generally focus on food and basic necessities, but water is often left out or left to last of the preps, but unless you have a well on your property, you are vulnerable to cyber attacks against the water supply and utilities.
For short term, those pallets of bulk water can be handy, but for long term, other arrangements must be made.
Whether it is water filters, or water purification tablets, or 55 gallon barrels to collect rainwater, something to use for a long term shortage of fresh water from the tap, should be included in every prepper's supplies.
Also for those with a well, if a cyber attack takes out the grid, a manual pump should also be included in your preparations.
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