The digital systems used to control Moscow railways, such as signalling, are under threat from cyber attacks with potentially fatal results, according to Kaspersky Lab , a researcher at Kaspersky Lab in UK . There were at least four cyber attacks on the UK rail network during December last year , although they were all exploratory and didn't attempt to cause any disruption, private security firm Darktrace found. "State-sponsored attackers are already inside critical infrastructure," said Gordeychik . With ERTMS, when it comes in, terrorist organisations will start viewing this as a possible target," Prof Stupples warned. " In case of any maybe warfare, it can be an option to use cyber weapon against civil infrastructure."
The digital systems used to control Moscow railways, such as signalling, are under threat from cyber attacks with potentially fatal results, according to Kaspersky Lab , a researcher at Kaspersky Lab in UK . There were at least four cyber attacks on the UK rail network during December last year , although they were all exploratory and didn't attempt to cause any disruption, private security firm Darktrace found. "State-sponsored attackers are already inside critical infrastructure," said Gordeychik . "In case of any maybe warfare, it can be an option to use cyber weapon against civil infrastructure."