The FBI, Department of Energy, and other federal agencies on Wednesday issued a warning that hackers are targeting systems that are used at gas stations across the country, noting that it has observed malicious activity impacting automatic monitoring systems for fuel and liquid storage.
According to the notice, “recent malicious cyber activity” was observed by U.S. government officials involving “cyber threat actors compromising internet-exposed ATG (automatic tank gauge) systems.”
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several other agencies also signed onto the notice.
Government officials said they have “not yet attributed to a nation-state or threat actor group” for the recent cyber activity against the ATG systems….