Ten years ago, the lights went out in Ukraine.
Not because of bombs.
Not because of physical sabotage.
But because of stolen credentials and remote access.
Russian hackers used valid logins to plunge 225,000 people into darkness in the world’s first confirmed cyber-induced blackout.
They didn’t break in.
They logged in.
Why did it work?
Because the OT network trusted them.
Broad, implicit trust.
Once you’re “authorized,” nothing stops you.
Fast forward ten years.
Different countries.
Different industries.
Same mistake.
OT networks are still built on the assumption that if someone has credentials, they should be able to see and reach critical systems.
And attackers know it.
That’s what changes with BlastWave.
We eliminate visibility.
We eliminate passwords.
We eliminate lateral movement.
Network cloaking makes OT systems invisible.
Passwordless MFA makes stolen credentials useless.
Microsegmentation makes blast radius zero.
Hackers can’t attack what they can’t see or access.
We break down exactly how this Ukraine blackout — and 22 other real OT and critical infrastructure hacks — could have been prevented in Hackopedia.
Don’t wait for the lights to go out.
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