A federal cybersecurity agency warned water systems throughout the United States on July 30 of an increase in threats to water and wastewater systems.
“These threat actors are targeting water entities of all sizes,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stated in the alert.
CISA, the agency that coordinates national responses to cyber and physical threats, issued the notice after more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota were hit with a coordinated cyberattack.
Minnesota IT Services activated emergency protocols immediately after the attacks on July 26 and July 27, and began an investigation that continues this week.
Among the communities affected by the breach was the city of Braham, also known as the “Homemade Pie Capital of Minnesota.” City officials announced its water plant was “offline for an unknown reason” at about 9:30 a.m. on July 27. The water was back online two hours later….