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Fuel tanks at risk due to worrying security breaches

Fuel storage is an essential part of global logistics. It is critical infrastructure and therefore a target for state-sponsored cyberattacks.

As with most things these days, many fuel depots have some form of internet technology to remotely manage fuel levels using Automated Tank Gauges (ATG) and research Bit view has warned that these systems have multiple critical vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to gain complete control of the fuel storage, potentially causing physical and environmental damage and economic loss.

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