Incident Awareness – What APT Threat Group SANDWORM Might have to do with Recent Incidents at Water Utilities and How you can Protect your Utility

Yesterday, WaterISAC’s Director of Infrastructure Cyber Defense sent a letter to members regarding this Mandiant report which suggests recent incidents at multiple Texas water utilities may be attributed to a hacktivist group that it believes is aligned with the Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as SANDWORM. Today’s coverage shares a little more why this affiliated group is a concern and what utilities can do to protect themselves from similar tactics. FOR U.S. MEMBERS.