{"id":238070,"date":"2026-05-01T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/news-brief-critical-infrastructure-ot-cybersecurity-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:35:09","slug":"news-brief-critical-infrastructure-ot-cybersecurity-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/news-brief-critical-infrastructure-ot-cybersecurity-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Critical infrastructure, OT cybersecurity attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

News brief: Critical infrastructure, OT cybersecurity attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchsecurity\/news\/366642732\/News-brief-Critical-infrastructure-OT-cybersecurity-attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-01 19:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.techtarget.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Stuxnet worm is widely recognized as the first confirmed cyberattack designed to damage critical infrastructure. Discovered in 2010 but used as early as 2009, it targeted uranium enrichment systems at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Facility, causing physical destruction of centrifuges.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to the post-IT\/OT convergence boom of the mid- to late-2010s, and attacks on operational technology and critical infrastructure have become significantly more widespread and impactful, driven by increased connectivity between IT and OT environments that has expanded the attack surface and enabled attackers to infiltrate industrial systems through enterprise IT networks.<\/p>\n

TXOne Networks, a cybersecurity company, reported that 96% of OT incidents in 2025 could be traced back to IT system compromises. Forescout, meanwhile, found that attacks on OT protocols increased by 84% in 2025 over the previous year, led by Modbus (57% of attacks) and Ethernet\/IP (22%). Dragos reported a nearly 95% increase in the number of ransomware attacks in the same time frame, as well as a 49% increase in the number of ransomware gangs targeting industrial organizations.<\/p>\n

Industrial and OT systems were targets before they were connected to the internet, and IT\/OT convergence — despite its benefits — is making such systems systematically more accessible, visible and valuable for attackers.<\/p>\n

This week’s featured news highlights the latest OT and critical infrastructure attacks and trends, as well as why the government is touting zero trust as a solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

Lotus Wiper: Destructive cyberattack targets Venezuelan energy sector<\/h2>\n

In December 2025, Venezuela’s energy sector suffered a sophisticated cyberattack using Lotus Wiper malware, which employed living-off-the-land techniques to destroy system data and disrupt operations.<\/p>\n

The attack, analyzed by Kaspersky Lab, used batch scripts to coordinate network infiltration, disable defenses and delete critical files, leaving systems…<\/p>\n

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