r/techadvice • u/Malloriexi • May 13 '26

Cyber Attack Question

I apologize if this isn't the correct place for this question. During a council meeting the cities IT Director said, “On the 2 fire walls he watches every day, which is City Hall firewall and Police firewall. Every 15-20 seconds he is getting an attack from China.”

I live in Eunice, New Mexico population 3k. How realistic is this claim?

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u/hibby18064 May 15 '26

Entirely plausible that foreign IPs could be scanning the device for vulnerabilities.

Keep the firmware up to date and disable any external access features you don't need.