CBS claim: One of the most important Israeli industrial brands was hacked

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency and quoted From CBS News, Matthew Moats, chairman of the board of directors of the Aliquipa Municipal Water Authority in Pennsylvania, confirmed that a cyber-militancy group that he claimed is backed by the Iranian government, the Cyber ​​Avengers, has taken control of one of its water booster stations. They had taken over the city.

He added: This water station is located outside the city and regulates the water pressure for Raccoon and Potter areas.

Mutes further stated that in addition to disrupting the water pumping infrastructure, computer networks and surveillance cameras were also attacked.

According to this report, this sophisticated international hacker network, whose goal is to attack critical infrastructure hardware manufactured by Israeli companies, disabled the pump of the drinking water supply line from this water station to the Raccoon and Potter areas.

This official pointed out that as soon as this hacking attack occurred, alarm bells were sounded, and noted that there is currently no danger to the flow of drinking water and water. The pipeline does not threaten the city.

He clarified that the hacked device was made by a company called Unitronics, which was recently traded on the Tel Aviv stock market. Currently, this system is out of order.

Unitronics: an Israeli company that works in the field of industrial control automation system in various sectors such as water treatment and water separator, energy production (power plant) electricity, petrochemicals, refineries) agriculture and… It is offered in 55 countries of the world with 160 active agents.

This company’s shares have been publicly offered in Tel Aviv and European stock exchanges since 1999. From 2013 to 2017, the industrial control equipment of this company has also won various international awards.

After this hacker attack, a threatening message on the system control screen with The theme was displayed: “You have been hacked. Down with Israel. “All Israeli-made equipment is a legitimate target for cyber avengers.”

Cyber ​​avengers claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on various infrastructures of the Zionist regime, including attacks on 10 water purification stations in the past month, on their page on the X social network. has taken over.

This hacker group first launched a channel on Telegram on September 15th, but this group, known as Cyber ​​Avengers, has been active since at least 2020. has been active.

Social media analysis shows that Cyber ​​Avengers supports Palestine and is committed to war against Israel and all those who support this regime.

According to this report, Aliquipa Water Department staff disabled the affected equipment and are currently working on methods to maintain water pressure for the target areas.

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