Outage: Who Is Behind Cyber Attacks on America's Infrastructure?

Outage: Who Is Behind Cyber Attacks on America's Infrastructure? | Change Agents #68

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@toolman9081 4 ай бұрын

The timing of this podcast is impeccable lol

@k.b.williams1625 4 ай бұрын

As someone who has worked in the water industry for almost 35 years and has preached water systems should be separated from the internet I appreciate this segment. Most systems are treated like cash cows and are not maintained properly especially when it comes to cyber security. Great show and informative.

@Susan-c4v 4 ай бұрын

I think get to know a neighbor and offer help in your community. That's priceless

@The1DarkBoy 4 ай бұрын

Perfect timing

@paradoxi2649 4 ай бұрын

Canadian here... just north of you in Calgary, AB, Canada... (City of ~1.2 million) We've been under water restrictions for 6 weeks now, due to a failed 50 year old pipe main. It has become clear that our elected officials have focused on DEI, ESG, virtue-signalling and bike lanes (it's Canada off the Rockies; we have winter 9 months of the year!) and grossly neglected the core utilities. We are also under attack, as the 'texas of the north' - Oil and gas producers, ranchers, farmers - as they weaken our ability to maintain our own standard of living, let alone assist the globe, as we once did, with cheap and clean food and energy. Worked at an international pipeline company when the Colonial pipeline hack happened, and realised just how much 'catch up' was required to meet TSA's. Sadly, your country and mine are both laggards from where they should be. Cheers for a great podcast.

@andyjohnson5571 4 ай бұрын

ITS THE SAME IN CLEVELAND, OHIO... 75 PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE NOT EVEN QUALIFIED TO HAVE THE JOBS THEY ARE PAID TO DO.

@jd43tv56 4 ай бұрын

diversity is your strength! i'm sure some indian engineers will sort you silly geese right out!

@ralphdavis955 4 ай бұрын

Have the old reliable hand operated levers and valves as backup. Sometimes, simplicity can be as valuable as high technology. Just saying...

@StrangeMaen 4 ай бұрын

More valuable. We re gonna see in the years to come, how badly we can be fkd by technology. We allowed ourselves to be dependent. Always a bad idea.

@notyouraveragegoldenpotato 4 ай бұрын

Foreign hackers- single handedly saving Americans from endless doom scrolling

@DanielSmith-lv5ed 4 ай бұрын

I see, maybe. Good luck trying to get that across to american politicians

@jamesswain100 4 ай бұрын

I’ve inspected water storage plants for other 40 years. I’m in a water district that has only 350 connections and we are on an interconnection from another district that has 1000’s of connections. There is no concern regarding cyber attacks. TCEQ/EPA are more worried about making sure that the tanks are coated with NSF acceptable coats. I’m a retired certified inspector and the problem in my opinion is that the engineers do not have the desire to think outside the box. It’s just like your guests stated, they think that the ability to diagnose remotely is greatest thing since sliced bread. The problem with that is that the engineers are taught nothing about cyber security while getting their degrees and therefore have no answers to address the problems. In addition the Board of Directors listen and rely on the engineers opinion. It’s very difficult to get the Board to deviate from what the engineers recommend. Keep in mind that the Boards are made up mainly of people from the district, doctors, housewives/husbands, insurance salespeople and all other non- knowledgeable people. It’s going to take a massive breach and loss of life before this problem will be addressed and corrected. IMO

@PsychosisPC05 4 ай бұрын

I've worked in the industry as well for over 30 years as an engineer on small to medium sized utilities, 99% of which are not interconnected with another system. Most of which, I'm more concerned with overall physical security of the facility. Alot of them are not seriously secured, you would be amazed at some of the crap that I've seen.

@Proud2bHayn-w9n 4 ай бұрын

There’s literally one happening right now with crowdsrike and Microsoft. Wow

@jetterbuglove 4 ай бұрын

That isn't this. That was only an internal error in their update they sent out. They messed up and didn't test it first

@brit4632 4 ай бұрын

Same at my job.

@bodazaphfa 4 ай бұрын

Geeze guys, your timing on this is crazy!

@oldsklrolla 4 ай бұрын

Watches Andy talk about Cyber security....... 20min later worldwide IT problems.............🤔🤔🤣🤣

@FreeDumb101 4 ай бұрын

Now look up the connections between WEF and CrowdStrike. Then look at how what critical infrastructure is connected to crowdstrike. Then look at who was behind stuxnet. Then look at all the components that were targeted in stuxnet. Then look up which country manufacturers those components where they were hacked.

@FalconEagleEye 4 ай бұрын

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@allegropiano2000 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your work on this and other aspects of life in the US that the legacy media doesn't cover...

@kriswalter560 4 ай бұрын

Just shared this video with my town's Water Superintendent here in western Mass. Thanks.

@camron1501 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@CrashingPotatoEngineer 4 ай бұрын

Another great post. Glad to see some fellow engineers with some good and relatively easy to follow advice.

@investorbettor505 4 ай бұрын

My views on this topic is do everything we can to increase redundancy and decrease risks associated with single points of failure

@MNW-69 4 ай бұрын

Im more worried about our corrupt government and Google

@jt.8144 4 ай бұрын

While the World is being run by SOCIAL MEDIA.

@bobg3633 4 ай бұрын

Who do you think is going to "hack" our grid. The next election will not happen.

@PsychosisPC05 4 ай бұрын

Hell most of these water systems and wastewater systems that you are talking about don't even have sufficient physical security on the premises.

@randlecarr3257 4 ай бұрын

“How bad would it have to be in order for them to treat water supply like the power grid”…. But it’s not like the grid is super well protected either, right???

@trumpsaid3550 4 ай бұрын

Always a great show! 👊 Salute ❤️ 🤍 💙

@thisisironclad 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for tuning in!

@trumpsaid3550 4 ай бұрын

@@thisisironclad SALUTE BROTHER

@isaacscafe6931 4 ай бұрын

be on top of your Water and be Strong🤠

@GBlunted 4 ай бұрын

How is this released the day before the crowdsource hack lol?! Epic timing! 👏🏾

@silnce01 4 ай бұрын

I have attended several briefings and I continue to hear the word "sophisticated attack." When the dust settles, it turns out to be poor hygiene, poor practice, negligence, and poor administration. Nothing sophisticated. Yet, all the suits take eat this up. I am fortunate that my boss shares these briefings with me and asks me, what do you think? I am able to share my honest answer and we harden our systems. I am not the one pushing go on these changes but do play a significant role in advising and consulting other dept to do their part. At the end of the day, if they elected to not follow recommendations then they have accepted the risk. It's not me playing the Information Security card. It's me playing the card to raise awareness, education, and provide solutions to address these issues.

@willdart7567 4 ай бұрын

Water takes a back seat to the power grid. Podcast takes a back seat to a QVC style sales show 😂😂😂

@durgan5668 Ай бұрын

The other issue to this is funding. You've got a water company, which might have shareholders, getting pushback when they have high 'admin' costs...part of which goes to pay for dedicated cybersecurity personnel. Same with any organization, keeping costs down is key...I guarantee if you go to the voters for a bond issue, to try and cover a 'maybe' scenario of cyber attack, they'll get turned down. The only time voters want money spent is when the tap is not working and then they want it fixed immediately. It's the same reason we're STILL building power substations 'protected' by a chain link fence.

@greenteamgARRETT 4 ай бұрын

And here we are Today with a "Mass software update issue"..... Sure... That sounds convenient......

@deepbludude4697 4 ай бұрын

Onyx hunh, good timing I just revived an 89 FJ62 landcruiser Ive been using a regular GPS and it has no idea where its at. No cell signal at all, I typically do a recon on my dirtbike first have found some crazy abandoned house's from the 1800s. so freaking cool. About this infrastructure deal where so fucked. Ive got a spring a cistern and a hookup with the water dudes in my town if needed.

@jeffcerefice3802 4 ай бұрын

Its MAD all over again in cyber. Everyone is wired to turn off everyone else. But I think generally countries know if you go there, its happening to you too.

@robbiedavis3681 4 ай бұрын

I work for a small water system. Our wells aren't ran with a computer in any way. My main concern is the power grid. Our generator will only run so long.

@JohnWilliams-wz9vk 4 ай бұрын

Andy. .is a Monster...stud

@damion5874 4 ай бұрын

There is zero reason water and electrical systems should be connected to the open internet.

@PushinDaCushion 4 ай бұрын

I work for a GC, if there’s a high risk it will be brought up and the low volt guys will know. Most of the time the owner if it’s a government job bring their own guys in.

@mojavebohemian814 4 ай бұрын

Thank you OnX! Ima sub for 3 years.

@Thunder_Dream_Designs 4 ай бұрын

Operation Sandworm is what they were talking about with Iran and its nuke production. AMAZING BOOK, Sandworm!!!!

@danielleb724 4 ай бұрын

Hello from the bitterroot area 👋

@DanielSmith-lv5ed 4 ай бұрын

Its a good point(few minutes it), is a video also what powers a fan in house. Ive seen radio companys on the wires and im like "what are you doing there"im sure they knew, was just baffled

@thenomad01 4 ай бұрын

How many of the electronics are made Overseas? They've found "additional chips" in motherboards before...

@mrbosky710 4 ай бұрын

Imagine they attack our water treatment facilities and power plants... be prepared and stay safe everyone

@WiscoMike 4 ай бұрын

It seems that the guys being interviewed claim dependency on a federal agency regulation or absence of regulations; however, with the US Supreme Court recently ruling that "Chevron" was unconstitutional because agencies were making policies and regulations without Congressional authorization, can we agree things should be done lawfully with a restrained federal government? This doesn't prevent individual States and utilities from taking independent actions to secure their business infrastructure.

@M9A1MAN 3 ай бұрын

The problem is that the most likely attack IMO will be to the power grid. Why? Because you can take down multiple systems with one go. For example, you cut power, guess what? Most cities will run out of water anyways because electrical pumps are needed to pump water to the cities or homes in higher elevation. A lot of food distribution systems are reliant on computers for logistical purposes. Cut power, no food in the markets. Not to mention it'll cut off pumps at the gas stations so no more deliveries of food either. Attack on the water system is less scarier to me than an attack on the power grid.

@brad6054 4 ай бұрын

How quickly do these water companies realize things are going wrong are there alarms at warn people that things are being mixed stronger or overfilling? Or does somebody actually have to look at things to make sure they are running correctly?

@vol84eng 4 ай бұрын

Owl Cyber Defense makes a hardwired data diode that allows data to pass only in one direction.

@realpropertymangement7640 4 ай бұрын

"We don't need electricity." Really? There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors. 15 rely on the 16th to function. The 16th is electrical. Water systems absolutely rely on electrical! What does he think powers the pumps, a wood fired steam engine? He shot his credibility to hell with that statement. Geez.

@mdee9337 4 ай бұрын

I wonder what energy is powering his computer!!

@sgtcojonez 4 ай бұрын

"...and we have a guy from the NSA." I am out.

@MatthewRice-z5w 4 ай бұрын

I’m a water treatment operator. You may surprised how easy it is to infiltrate. I can make a short video on what I mean …

@davecollins6113 4 ай бұрын

Seems like DHS is the org that shud be requesting notification of incidents, collection of info on those incidents and forwarding it to hamlets, villages, towns and city, state authorities and recommending possible solutions be investigatred. Seems like with the complexities of laws and authorities, that's about all you can do, and it strikes me as that is a large part of why they were created. If nothing else, it'll make them aware.

@Blacksheep-ik7gx 4 ай бұрын

That is what CISA is essentially

@PsychosisPC05 4 ай бұрын

@@Blacksheep-ik7gx yep

@Shackleford_Rusty 4 ай бұрын

There is no safe way to connect vnc to the open wan.

@haruhisuzumiya6650 4 ай бұрын

Crowdstrike caused a global digital apocalypse 😂

@Wavy_Gravy 4 ай бұрын

"It's either a lack of knowledge, or they just don't know" Those are words, and I had to hear them, lol. The US is fucked. 19:38

@Wavy_Gravy 4 ай бұрын

They weren't paid to hook up security, even after they told the owner. Sounds more like it. 21:05

@erikkuhlemeyer9402 4 ай бұрын

Well this aged well

@LeadingIndicator 4 ай бұрын

TIMING ???

@raphaelitaduckett4148 4 ай бұрын

Its disgusting to hear this ! Where are all the professionals who actually care and prevent such from happening... I seriously believe we need to keep a close access to our primitive technolgy . We may need to use it for security purposes. This is crazy another way to control millions of people

@yehoshuaosei3133 4 ай бұрын

Well this video aged well, we just had an attack🤦🏽‍♂️😂

@11ccom 4 ай бұрын

I want taco crickets.

@craigfinno551 4 ай бұрын

How does the usa not have the best hackers in the world why is china and russia so advanced in this aspect compared to us

@silkyjohnson8785 4 ай бұрын

Squeeze enough ads into this episode?

@dixoncider3396 4 ай бұрын

I mean what's it matter???? People like u will help the government every time... no one stands up against tyrants and that's why we are in this situation

@SuperMikemalone 4 ай бұрын

How ironic

@ReneeMcGraw-w8i 4 ай бұрын

Time to go off line .back to paper now .

@botay2775 4 ай бұрын

They trying to real life red dawn movie

@lovejen01 4 ай бұрын

Andy I know you have sponsors for your channel but you have to many ads.

@kimperry8445 4 ай бұрын

I sure wish this would’ve somehow affected and wiped away all my debt. But what timing I can just imagine somehow this will all affect the voting machines in the future. Hmmm

@Potatodude223 4 ай бұрын

back to analog... lol

@Sun-d7x 4 ай бұрын

hello Andy & friends, here comes the info: why people drive in front of your window playing child games. They don't check it up. They have their childhood phase. In that moment they play. You or me are not involved. It is our state of mind and adult. Those get it not done. They playing around with panels. I don't agree with that. They excuse with that. That is also no possibility, because even a child is not allowed everything, more ..., it is less allowed to them, because they are kids. Saying: we wanted to look at it or something ..... is dangerous! They kill. Than they kill as kids. Now , they are terrorists. That is simple.