National Post: According to CSE, NoName claimed it had gained the “ability to covertly control pumps, chlorine dosing, pressure settings and monitoring/alerts systems.” The report does not identify the impacted Quebec municipality.
It’s one of the most specific examples the federal cyber agency has given of how foreign state-backed hackers are trying to break into Canadian critical infrastructure cyber systems. Their goals are often to either extort the systems’ owners or wield the breach as a ticking timebomb in the case of hostilities between that country and Canada…