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Lawmakers, experts tell House subcommittee Stuxnet’s legacy shows U.S. operational technology remains vulnerable
Summary
Witnesses at a House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing said 15 years after Stuxnet was discovered, operational technology (OT) that runs water, energy and transport systems remains a prime target and that U.S. defenses lag behind evolving threats.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity Infrastructure Protection heard testimony that the 15-year-old Stuxnet attack fundamentally changed the cyber threat picture by showing malware could cause physical destruction — and that U.S. operational technology remains at risk.
Kim Zetter, a cybersecurity journalist and adjunct professor at Georgetown University, told the committee Stuxnet “was a first of its kind attack, the first known case of malicious code designed to leap from the digital world to the physical realm to cause disruption and destruction.” Zetter warned the same techniques could be used against U.S. critical infrastructure, from power and water systems to trains and hospitals.
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