Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities

According to The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, hacktivists have breached critical infrastructure systems across Canada on multiple occasions, enabling modifications to industrial controls that could have produced dangerous conditions. The alert highlights three recent incidents in which so‑called hacktivists tampered with systems at a water treatment facility, an oil & gas firm, and an agricultural facility, causing disruptions, false alarms and a risk of hazardous conditions.

One incident affected a water facility, tampering with water pressure values and resulting in degraded service for its community. The warning was issued to raise awareness of the elevated malicious activity targeting internet‑exposed industrial control systems and the need to adopt stronger security measures to block the attacks. These details come from the DataBreaches[.]Net report summarising the bulletin and the contemporary coverage that followed, including Bleeping Computer’s write‑up.