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Russian Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant via Private APN
In a chilling cyberattack, Russian hackers infiltrated a Polish power plant by breaching a wind farm's VPN and firewall, then exploited a cellular router to gain control of the plant's systems. The attackers forced a combined heat and power plant into a controlled shutdown, overriding its operations with a password-protected lock.

Hackers Exploit Private Cellular Network to Breach Polish Power Plant Controls
In a chilling breach, hackers infiltrated a Polish power plant's controls, putting the heat supply of 50,000 residents at risk, by exploiting a vulnerable private cellular network used to connect remote equipment. The intruder's route began at a nearby wind farm, where a poorly secured VPN and lack of multi-factor authentication created an easy entry point.

Hackers Exploit SonicWall VPN Flaw to Bypass MFA
In a shocking exploit, hackers have successfully bypassed multi-factor authentication on SonicWall VPN devices, breaching security in as little as 30 minutes. ReliaQuest researchers detected the first in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-12802, warning of a swift and stealthy threat.