AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Cyberattack hits water systems in at least seven states as feds probe possible Iran connection
Malicious cyber activity forced water utilities in at least seven states to switch to manual operations this week, and federal investigators are now examining whether Iran is behind the breach, even as President Trump publicly disputes that theory. The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint warning […] The post Cyberattack hits water systems in at least seven states as feds probe possible Iran connection appeared first on American Almanac .
Malicious cyber activity forced water utilities in at least seven states to switch to manual operations this week, and federal investigators are now examining whether Iran is behind the breach, even as President Trump publicly disputes that theory. The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint warning Thursday that hackers are targeting internet-exposed industrial controllers used by water and wastewater systems across the country. More than 30 community water systems in Minnesota alone lost remote monitoring and control capability after attackers compromised programmable logic controllers, the small computers that automate pumps, valves, and chemical treatment at…Open