Dragos annual report finds operational technology hacks driven by geopolitics, activism in 2024

The abilities of malicious cyber actors to leverage hacks against operational technology and industrial control systems to impact adversarial nations and spread their messages grew in 2024, according to an annual report from Dragos digging into OT cybersecurity trends.

“The cybersecurity threat landscape in 2024 was shaped by escalating geopolitical tensions and their intersection with industrial operations globally. From persistent campaigns by mature threat groups to opportunistic attacks by hacktivists or ransomware operators, adversaries demonstrated a growing awareness of OT/ICS...