Critical infrastructures under daily attack — EU cyber security team head

https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/critical-infrastructures-under-daily-attack-erncip-head-georg-peter_en.html

‘Critical infrastructures around the world, not just in Europe, are constantly being targeted by cyber attacks, as are many other systems used by society which are internet-connected. Every day, European vital services and infrastructures have to be able to resist many types of cyber attacks.

‘The risk of attacks against such infrastructures is expected to continue to increase in the future as society becomes increasingly dependent on (the infrastructures) and particularly as they become more and more interconnected and interdependent. It will always be attractive for people with malicious intentions to attack infrastructure because of the high visibility of the consequences.