Energy / Utilities Sector Cybersecurity Breaches

Power grids, water treatment plants, and natural gas pipelines operate at the intersection of critical infrastructure and aging industrial systems, a combination that makes a successful attack a national headline rather than an IT ticket. Check Point Research documented 1,162 cyberattacks on utilities in 2024, a 70% year-over-year increase, while CISA issued active alerts in 2025 about intrusions into oil and natural gas ICS/SCADA systems. The stakes here are measured not in lost data but in lost electricity.