Russian hackers seized control of Norwegian dam, spy chief says

5 isaacfrond 2 8/15/2025, 7:27:00 AM theguardian.com ↗

Comments (2)

mna_ · 2h ago
Why are dams, nuclear reactors, power stations, etc. even connected to the internet? I remember watching one of the Matrix movies as a teen and there's a scene in which Trinity hacks into a power station and I laughed mentally and thought there's no way that'd happen IRL. Whoops lol.
Arnt · 8m ago
AIUI the main dam isn't. The gate that was opened is a small gate on the side, which is operated by someone else. The dam operator manages the big gate for electricity, someone else has a small gate on the side to control water levels downstream.

I would guess that it's on the net because the someone else isn't inside the operator's network.