Critical national infrastructure (CNI) is under greater physical threat than ever. It is still unknown who was responsible for the attack that destroyed at least 50 metres of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 underground pipelines that once carried Russian gas to Germany.
More recently, Russia has also changed the focus of its conflict in Ukraine to attack energy infrastructure with its own missiles and drones supplied by Iran, known as the Shahed-136. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, stated in a tweet on October 18 that “30% of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts throughout the country,” and in a meeting with Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, on November 1, Zelensky stated that between “30% and 40% of [the country’s] energy systems had been destroyed.”
Increasing threat to cybersecurity
The conflict in Ukraine and the escalating tensions between the East and West aren’t the only significant threats to our CNI, though. A growing cybersecurity threat is also present. The Houston, Texas-based Coloni
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