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Austin Energy Customers Targeted in Vishing Scams After Severe Winter Storm Provokes Utility Outages

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Utility provider Austin Energy is warning residents that scammers are exploiting the chaos surrounding the severe winter storms that cut power to millions of Texans and left many households freezing. Your utility provider will not demand this information regardless of whether you have any overdue bills.

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Protecting Oil and Gas Industry Infrastructure: Strategies for Resilience

SecureWorld News

To ensure energy security and economic stability, protecting the infrastructure is essential. A report from 2023 revealed that 67% of energy and utility companies faced ransomware attacks, with many incidents exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities.

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CISA JCDC Will Focus on Energy Sector

Security Affairs

Cyber attack instances are steeply rising across all sectors , leaving even the FBI to issue a bulletin about business email compromise (BEC) – the $43 billion scam. Strengthen operational integration and collaboration with members of the energy sector. Not long after, attackers targeted six stations in the Pacific Northwest.

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Nova Scotia Power discloses data breach after March security incident

Security Affairs

is a vertically integrated electric utility serving the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Its operations encompass generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, utilizing a diverse mix of energy sources including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, tidal, oil, and biomass. or Caribbean utilities.

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Nova Scotia Power confirms it was hit by ransomware attack but hasn’t paid the ransom

Security Affairs

is a vertically integrated electric utility serving the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Its operations encompass generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, utilizing a diverse mix of energy sources including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, tidal, oil, and biomass. or Caribbean utilities.

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Authorities Unsure if Spain, Portugal Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack

SecureWorld News

Spain's grid operator, Red Elctrica, reported a sudden drop in energy demand from 27,000 to less than 13,000 megawatts, indicating a rapid and widespread failure. This event is another wake-up call that our increasingly interconnected energy systems require comprehensive resilience strategies that anticipate failure.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware.