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Explore the intersection of cybersecurity and climate crisis in this 24-minute DEF CON 33 conference talk that examines how state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are weaponizing environmental infrastructure through outdated operational technology protocols. Discover real-world campaigns where threat actors have compromised energy grids, carbon capture laboratories, and electric vehicle infrastructure, turning climate-saving technologies into geopolitical weapons. Learn how legacy systems running decades-old code like Modbus and Windows 95-era software in critical infrastructure create vulnerabilities that APTs exploit to derail climate action efforts. Analyze specific cases ranging from hijacked dam systems to smart thermostats recruited into botnets competing for Arctic oil resources, revealing how the climate-tech battlefield operates today. Understand the unique challenges of securing environmental systems where 1970s-era code meets modern cyber warfare, presented through a lens that combines cyber threat intelligence with climate fiction elements to illustrate the weird, terrifying, and very real nature of this emerging threat landscape.
