Biden admin, U.S. ports prep for cyberattacks as nationwide infrastructure is targeted

• U.S. physical infrastructure is increasingly the target of hacks, with Google’s cybersecurity firm Mandiant releasing a report Wednesday teasing out links between Russian hackers and a January attack on a water filtration plant in a small Texas town.
• The nation’s largest ports are also at risk, and Biden administration cybersecurity officers and key port executives held a call on Wednesday to discuss security issues, including the Chinese-made cranes that have received government scrutiny this year.
• “More needs to be done across the ports, and supply chain,” said Gene Seroka, executive director for the Port of Los Angeles, who noted that in 2023 the port stopped 750 million hacking attempts.

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