American Water shuts down customer portal amid ‘cybersecurity incident’ American Water Company, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, said it was the victim of a “cybersecurity incident” last week, leading it to take its MyWater customer portal offline. The company said in an SEC Read more…
U.S. EPA Forms Task Force to Protect Water Systems from Cyberattacks The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it’s forming a new “Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force” to devise methods to counter the threats faced by the water sector in the country. “In addition to considering the prevalent vulnerabilities of Read more…
Water Curupira Hackers Actively Distributing PikaBot Loader Malware Jan 09, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Threat A threat actor called Water Curupira has been observed actively distributing the PikaBot loader malware as part of spam campaigns in 2023. “PikaBot’s operators ran phishing campaigns, targeting victims via its two components — a loader Read more…
Iranian Hackers Exploit PLCs in Attack on Water Authority in U.S. Nov 29, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Hacking The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that it’s responding to a cyber attack that involved the active exploitation of Unitronics programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to target the Municipal Water Authority Read more…