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FBI warns edge and operational-technology gear are being targeted by nation-state actors
Summary
FBI cyber officials said adversaries increasingly exploit routers, switches and end-of-life operational-technology devices because they are hard to inventory and patch. They recommended inventories, retirement of EOL gear, logging and IT–OT coordination to reduce risk.
Josh Blanchard and Tashiana Bridal said attackers are living at the network edge—routers, switches and VPN concentrators—and that these devices often lack logging and automated patching, making intrusions harder to detect.
"That's where they're now living," Blanchard said of adversaries targeting edge devices. He emphasized that network defenders have hardened endpoints, but the scale and manageability problems of edge devices have shifted the operational focus.
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