Federal officials investigating after pro-Iran group allegedly hacked water authority in Pennsylvania

States and Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity After Iran Attacks Small Town Water Utilities - The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. Then it - along with several other water utilities - was struck by what federal authorities say are Iranian-backed ...
1 year ago Securityweek.com

Congressmen Ask DOJ to Investigate Water Utility Hack, Warning It Could Happen Anywhere - Three members of Congress have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how foreign hackers breached a water authority near Pittsburgh, prompting the nation's top cyberdefense agency to warn other water and sewage-treatment utilities that ...
2 years ago Securityweek.com

Bad Password May Have Led to Pennsylvania Water System Hack - TNS) - Federal and state security officials said a poor or even default password could be the weak link that enabled hackers to break into a Pittsburgh-area water system. The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa suffered the cyberattack on ...
2 years ago Govtech.com

Breaches by Iran-Affiliated Hackers Spanned Multiple U.S. States, Federal Agencies Say - A small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached in the United States by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made, U.S. and Israeli authorities ...
2 years ago Securityweek.com

Cyberattack Defaces Israeli-Made Equipment at US Water Agency, Brewing Firm - The targets included the Equipment used by the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and Brewmation, a New York-based company specializing in turnkey brewing and distilling equipment. U.S. officials have attributed a cyberattack on the ...
2 years ago Hackread.com

Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity - WASHINGTON - A top White House national security official said recent cyber attacks by Iranian hackers on U.S. water authorities - as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks on the health care industry - should be seen as a call to action by ...
2 years ago Apnews.com

Top White House Cyber Aide Says Recent Iran Hack on Water System Is Call to Tighten Cybersecurity - A top White House national security official said recent cyber attacks by Iranian hackers on US water authorities - as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks on the health care industry - should be seen as a call to action by utilities and ...
1 year ago Securityweek.com

Cybersecurity agency warns that water utilities are vulnerable to hackers after Pennsylvania attack - HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hackers are targeting industrial control systems widely used by water and sewage-treatment utilities, potentially threatening water supplies, the top U.S. cyberdefense agency said after a Pennsylvania water authority was hacked. The ...
2 years ago Abcnews.go.com

Florida water agency latest to confirm cyber incident as feds warn of nation-state attacks - A regulatory agency in Florida that oversees the long-term supply of drinking water confirmed that it responded to a cyberattack over the last week as the top cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. warned of foreign attacks on water utilities. The agency ...
2 years ago Therecord.media

Water services giant Veolia North America hit by ransomware attack - Veolia North America, a subsidiary of transnational conglomerate Veolia, disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted systems part of its Municipal Water division and disrupted its bill payment systems. After detecting the attack, Veolia has ...
1 year ago Bleepingcomputer.com Black Basta

Two-day water outage in remote Irish region caused by pro-Iran hackers - Residents of a remote area on Ireland's west coast were left without water last week due to a cyberattack perpetrated by a pro-Iran hacking group targeting a piece of equipment the hackers complained was made in Israel. The incident affected a ...
1 year ago Therecord.media CVE-2023-6448

ICS at Multiple US Water Facilities Targeted by Hackers Affiliated With Iranian Government - The hackers behind recent cyberattacks targeting industrial control systems at water facilities in the US are affiliated with the Iranian government, according to security agencies in the United States and Israel. The FBI, CISA, the NSA, the EPA and ...
2 years ago Securityweek.com

Cyberattack on Irish Utility Cuts Off Water Supply for Two Days - An attack launched by hackers last week against the systems of a small water utility in Ireland interrupted the water supply for two days. The cyberattack was reported by a local newspaper, Western People, and technical details are murky. The attack ...
2 years ago Packetstormsecurity.com

Cyberattack on Pennsylvania Water Authority Disrupts OT Gear - This past weekend, the Aliquippa Municipal Water Authority, located in Pittsburgh, experienced a cyberattack after one of its booster stations was hacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group. The threat group, known as Cyber Av3ngers, hacked a system ...
2 years ago Darkreading.com

Hackers breach US water facility via exposed Unitronics PLCs - CISA is warning that threat actors breached a U.S. water facility by hacking into Unitronics programmable logic controllers exposed online. PLCs are crucial control and management devices in industrial settings, and hackers compromising them could ...
2 years ago Bleepingcomputer.com Scattered Spider

UK water company that serves millions confirms system attack The Register - Scans of identity documents such as passports and driving licenses. Documents that appear to be HR-related, displaying the personal data of what could be customers, including home address, office address, dates of birth, nationalities, and email ...
1 year ago Theregister.com Black Basta

US Authorities Identify Iranian Connection in Recent Cybersecurity Breaches - It has been announced that six Iranian officials have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Iranian government organization responsible for the series of malicious cyber activities directed against ...
1 year ago Cysecurity.news

Hackers Hijacked Irish Water Facility that Interrupted Supply - Recently, there was a cyberattack on an Irish water utility that resulted in hackers gaining control of the system and disrupting the water supply. Last week, a private group water system in the Erris area was targeted by cybercriminals in a ...
1 year ago Cybersecuritynews.com

DOE Puts Up $70 Million to Secure US Energy Infrastructure - The federal government will spend as much as $70 million for technologies that will create a more resilient energy delivery infrastructure that is better protected against a range of threats, including from cybercriminals. The U.S. Department of ...
1 year ago Securityboulevard.com

Iran terrorist crew broke into 'multiple' US water systems The Register - The US designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization in 2019. The gang did not need sophisticated tactics to run this attack: the joint advisory suggests Cyberav3ngers likely broke into US-based water facilities by using default passwords ...
2 years ago Go.theregister.com

CVE-2022-50280 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ...
2 months ago

Iran-Israel Cyber War Goes Global - Iran's cyber conflict with Israel has reached global proportions, with cyberattacks against businesses and government agencies on other continents causing arguably as much ruckus as those in Israel itself. While US military bases and international ...
1 year ago Darkreading.com

Cyber Av3ngers gang hacks industrial controllers across multiple US states - U.S. federal agencies have confirmed the Iranian threat group that breached a Pennsylvanian water authority pump station controller also compromised similar systems at facilities in other states. The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa was forced ...
2 years ago Packetstormsecurity.com

Greater Paris wastewater agency dealing with cyberattack - The organization that manages wastewater for nine million people in and around Paris was hit with a cyberattack on Friday. Service public de l'assainissement francilien - known by its acronym SIAAP - manages nearly 275 miles of pipes throughout four ...
2 years ago Therecord.media

Southern Water says Black Basta ransomware attack cost £4.5M in expenses - Meanwhile, analysis of the leaked internal chat logs from the Black Basta ransomware gang revealed that the water treatment company allegedly proposed to pay the ransomware actors £750,000 ($950k) on February 12, 2024. United Kingdom water ...
9 months ago Bleepingcomputer.com Black Basta