Zack Whittaker3d ago

CNN's Sean Lyngaas back once again with a belter story: Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple U.S. states.

Per Lyngaas: the hackers "exploited automatic tank gauge systems that were sitting online and unprotected by passwords."

A little louder for the folks in the back:

...."UNPROTECTED BY PASSWORDS."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/iran-hackers-tank-readers-gas-stations

Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible

US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity.

CNN
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@zackwhittaker - Everyone is worried about the next stuxnet, but OT / ICS devices often have default creds or... as you point out... no creds...

And yes! The system is airgapped from the IT network! We only access it from the internet!!!! 😑

May 16 at 1:16amWeb