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Tensions, threats and uncertainties
Cyberattacks (extract)
Attack multiplication, physical and cyber
• 2015/12: Ukrainian electric network hacked by Russia.
Physical attacks
• 2018/03: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed
that Russia was regularly penetrating its energy network
since 2017.
• 2024/01: Schneider Electric’s sustainability business division
experienced a ransomware attack and data breach.
• 2023: Iranian gas stations network hacking.
• 2023/08: The monespaceprime.engie.fr website, managed
by an Engie subcontractor, experienced a data breach. The
personal data of 110,000 clients was stolen.
Kakhovka Dam (2023/06)
• 2022/03: In Germany, remote maintenance of wind turbines
was compromised after the KA-SAT network, operated by
the American company Viasat, was attacked by Russia.
• 2021/07: Hackers infiltrated the IT systems of the U.S. Colonial
Pipeline, a network spanning 8,850 kilometers that transports
2.5 million barrels per day. As a precaution, Colonial shut
down the pipeline following the ransomware attack, which
was launched by the DarkSide gang.
• 2017: Hackers used the Triton virus to remotely take control
of the security systems of a Saudi Petrochemicals plant and
shut it down.
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• 2022: A large-scale cyber-espionage campaign targeting
Chinese gas fields and offshore parks has been carried out
by the cybercriminal group TA423.
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• 2024/02: The hacktivist group LulzSec has claimed
responsibility for stealing data from EDF's retail branch,
affecting 500,000 B2B and B2G client accounts. EDF has
confirmed about 20 unauthorized client access incidents
and has advised these clients to change their account
access details.
Energy & Utilities sector reports
that hacktivists (69%) and statesponsored actors from foreign
powers (62%) pose a greater
cyber threat than criminals,
terrorists, or vandals.
WEMO 2024
Geopolitical impacts will maintain
uncertainty in energy markets
Nord-stream II (2022/09)
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