Sensor-y Overload: Cyber Risk and the Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions
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The article recounts the Sept 13, 2018 Merrimack Valley natural gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts — a deadly overpressurization event caused by a work crew's failure to disable a pressure sensor during pipeline maintenance. While the National Transportation Safety Board attributed the disaster to human error (not a cyberattack), the piece emphasizes that vulnerabilities in wireless sensors, ICS/SCADA software and industrial protocols mean similar infrastructure could be at risk of cyber-physical exploitation.
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