The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent warning on July 31 regarding a surge in cyberattacks targeting municipal water utility companies across seven states.
Federal investigators have identified patterns suggesting state-sponsored actors, potentially linked to Iran, are exploiting vulnerabilities in industrial control systems to disrupt essential services.
Local authorities are now implementing emergency offline protocols to secure water supplies, while the FBI coordinates with affected municipalities to patch compromised network infrastructure.